A66 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 April 2013 at 11:25 involving a Ford Kuga
A car and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire at 11:25 on Saturday 27 April 2013. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Ford Kuga and a 36-year-old female passenger in the Ford Kuga 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
- 27 Apr 2013
- Saturday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.47512, longitude -1.76684, in the DL11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, DL11 7JZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013120066682
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 66
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2012.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 31 August 2012
27 m awayRef 2012120145181
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 29 September 2002
59 m awayRef 2002122720216
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 29 August 2003
86 m awayRef 2003122410599
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 9 February 2001
94 m awayRef 2001120400501
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 6 June 2004
95 m awayRef 2004121580423
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 17 April 2006
145 m awayRef 2006121070257
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2013120066682 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 2013.