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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire LS17 on 13 March 2015 at 16:00 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 16:00 on Friday 13 March 2015. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Mar 2015
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
3
BMW 1 Series and 2 others
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9382, longitude -1.56088, in the LS17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Washburn & Birstwith, North Yorkshire, LS17 0DY area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015120041449
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
658

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

    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 2015120041449 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 2015.