Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire DL8 on 21 May 2015 at 18:18 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 18:18 on Thursday 21 May 2015. The 52-year-old male driver of the car and the 52-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2015
- Thursday, 18:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24656, longitude -1.64431, in the DL8 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015120084062
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 475 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2013.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 19 October 2013
475 m awayRef 2013120181803
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 18 August 1990
624 m awayRef 1990122300353
Serious
Bedford crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 25 January 1990
652 m awayRef 1990121240898
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 22 November 2011
694 m awayRef 2011120197769
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 11 February 2009
713 m awayRef 2009120023578
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 10 February 2009
713 m awayRef 2009120023038
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 2015120084062 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.