A6068 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 November 2012 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire at 17:45 on Saturday 3 November 2012. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2012
- Saturday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89547, longitude -2.01579, in the BD20 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120185801
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6068
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1999.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A6069 in North Yorkshire, 22 March 1999
4 m awayRef 1999120810322
Serious
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 12 June 2009
4 m awayRef 2009120098753
Serious
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 23 July 1985
4 m awayRef 1985125223910
Slight
Jinlun JL 125 crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 1 November 2012
5 m awayRef 2012120184413
Slight
Mazda 121 crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 22 November 2005
12 m awayRef 2005123260829
Slight
Car crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire, 11 August 1983
14 m awayRef 198312B093983
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 257 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2012120185801 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.