A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 December 2012 at 14:38 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 14:38 on Tuesday 25 December 2012. The 18-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2012
- Tuesday, 14:38
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.09383, longitude -1.53006, in the HG3 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
- 2012120216945
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2013.
Slight
Citroen Nemo crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 16 September 2013
4 m awayRef 2013120161228
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 3 January 2021
6 m awayRef 2021122100213
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 11 January 1999
9 m awayRef 1999120110328
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 10 October 1980
21 m awayRef 198012C110980
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 6 August 1979
21 m awayRef 197912C095079
Serious
Car crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 8 December 1981
22 m awayRef 198112C140181
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2012120216945 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.