A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 12 February 2016 at 14:03 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia crashed on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 14:03 on Friday 12 February 2016. The 58-year-old female driver, a 20-year-old female passenger and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2016
- Friday, 14:03
- Vehicles
- 1
- Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9783, longitude -2.07003, in the BD23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mid Craven, North Yorkshire, BD23 3PS area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016120025621
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 65
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 October 2016.
Serious
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 22 October 2016
6 m awayRef 2016120192529
Serious
Car crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 18 February 1979
6 m awayRef 197912B028979
Serious
Car crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 6 October 2010
6 m awayRef 2010120172541
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 19 July 2025
9 m awayRef 2025122500798
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 2 November 2011
16 m awayRef 2011120186390
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 13 January 2002
17 m awayRef 2002120130389
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016120025621 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.