A658 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 January 2016 at 08:00 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a BMW 2 Series were involved in a crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire at 08:00 on Tuesday 26 January 2016. The 44-year-old female driver of the BMW 2 Series was 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
- 26 Jan 2016
- Tuesday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and BMW 2 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94884, longitude -1.5321, 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
- 2016120014656
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 658
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 97 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2010.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 11 January 2010
97 m awayRef 2010120009715
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 6 January 2011
105 m awayRef 2011120002609
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 9 February 2022
191 m awayRef 2022122200138
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 16 May 2012
213 m awayRef 2012120078273
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 16 December 2014
283 m awayRef 2014120217150
Fatal
Bentley Continental crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 10 February 2009
328 m awayRef 2009120022803
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 2 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2016120014656 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 2016.