A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 February 2014 at 12:10 involving a Volkswagen Crafter van
Five vehicles, including a Volkswagen Crafter van and a motorcycle, were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 12:10 on Monday 24 February 2014. The 19-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2014
- Monday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 5
- Volkswagen Crafter and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8905, longitude -1.23577, in the LS24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 8EB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014120030349
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 659
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2005.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 14 January 2005
16 m awayRef 2005120140848
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 9 February 2007
17 m awayRef 2007120400095
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 13 April 2009
28 m awayRef 2009120061378
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 27 November 1984
29 m awayRef 1984124196108
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 12 December 1983
29 m awayRef 198312A209883
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire, 1 December 2000
29 m awayRef 2000123360726
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Crafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 40 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 5: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 19, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2014120030349 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 2014.