A168 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 November 2012 at 12:29 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire at 12:29 on Tuesday 27 November 2012. The 21-year-old female driver of the Skoda Fabia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 2012
- Tuesday, 12:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.18539, longitude -1.37293, in the YO7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120200250
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 168
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 2012.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 20 September 2012
4 m awayRef 2012120157590
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 18 December 2008
12 m awayRef 2008120155327
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 14 August 2017
14 m awayRef 2017120143876
Serious
Rover 600 Series crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 13 May 2000
20 m awayRef 2000121340639
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 20 May 1991
20 m awayRef 1991121400339
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 19 December 2003
20 m awayRef 2003123530715
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
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 2012120200250 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.