A661 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 September 2012 at 08:25 involving a Mazda 2
A Mazda 2, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire at 08:25 on Wednesday 19 September 2012. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2012
- Wednesday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 2 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99282, longitude -1.51979, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone, North Yorkshire, HG2 7RZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120156900
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 661
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 2004.
Serious
Yamaha YN 100 crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 3 December 2004
19 m awayRef 2004123380637
Slight
Rover crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 7 July 1994
19 m awayRef 1994121880600
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 21 August 1997
19 m awayRef 1997122330916
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 2 May 1998
19 m awayRef 1998121220505
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 14 July 2022
54 m awayRef 2022122200857
Slight
Skoda Citigo crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire, 6 April 2025
54 m awayRef 2025122500549
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2012120156900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2012.