B6161 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 April 2015 at 15:50 involving a Fendt agricultural vehicle
A taxi and a Fendt agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire at 15:50 on Saturday 25 April 2015. The 49-year-old female driver of the taxi and a 66-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2015
- Saturday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and Fendt
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97486, longitude -1.5929, in the HG3 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015120068041
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6161
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6162
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2025.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 10 April 2025
2 m awayRef 2025122500576
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 20 February 2012
4 m awayRef 2012120026999
Fatal
Car crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 23 February 1980
4 m awayRef 198012B022780
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 13 August 2013
4 m awayRef 2013120138599
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 26 July 2013
5 m awayRef 2013120125991
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 17 December 2003
6 m awayRef 2003123510704
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Fendt
Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 66, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- 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 2015120068041 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.