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Serious A684 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 November 2013 at 13:11 involving a Suzuki Swift

A Suzuki Swift and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire at 13:11 on Sunday 17 November 2013. A 72-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Freelander was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 2013
Sunday, 13:11
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Swift and Land Rover Freelander
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.32024, longitude -1.51345, in the DL7 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013120199607
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
684
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,179 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)

    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 2013120199607 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.