A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 December 2012 at 08:40 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Peugeot 207 and a car were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 08:40 on Monday 10 December 2012. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, a 50-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van and the 47-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2012
- Monday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00866, longitude -1.42721, in the HG5 postcode district. 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
- 2012120207770
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 59
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 25 May 2011
6 m awayRef 2011120084951
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 6 October 2011
14 m awayRef 2011120169674
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 28 June 2023
15 m awayRef 2023122300523
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 29 June 2012
50 m awayRef 2012120104677
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 19 May 2022
53 m awayRef 2022122200765
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 18 September 2011
70 m awayRef 2011120158693
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2012120207770 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.