A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 23 May 2015 at 10:40 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira, a Renault Scenic and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 10:40 on Saturday 23 May 2015. The 53-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500, a 32-year-old male passenger in the Renault Scenic and a 34-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2015
- Saturday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Zafira and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.39912, longitude -1.66249, in the DL10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brompton-on-Swale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire, DL10 7JL area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015120085129
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 59 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 September 2005.
Serious
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 25 September 2005
59 m awayRef 2005122680110
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 10 November 1990
99 m awayRef 1990123140396
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 18 May 2002
100 m awayRef 2002121380549
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A66 in North Yorkshire, 14 November 1997
142 m awayRef 1997123180458
Serious
Van crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 29 March 2007
172 m awayRef 2007120880624
Slight
Scania crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 28 June 2016
178 m awayRef 2016120113844
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat 500)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Scenic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- 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 2015120085129 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.