Serious A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 31 December 2013 at 18:22 involving an Audi A6
A car and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 18:22 on Tuesday 31 December 2013. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Dec 2013
- Tuesday, 18:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A6
- Casualties
- 6
- 1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.35558, longitude -1.32581, in the DL6 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
- 2013120225850
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 19
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 2008.
Serious
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 4 March 2008
9 m awayRef 2008120640568
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 2 November 2012
11 m awayRef 2012120184931
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 23 December 2010
13 m awayRef 2010120218740
Serious
Car crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 17 August 1979
23 m awayRef 197912C100679
Slight
Lada Samara crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 1 April 2000
23 m awayRef 2000120920341
Serious
Car crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 10 September 1989
34 m awayRef 1989121053292
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2013120225850 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.