B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 April 2016 at 09:05 involving a Volvo lorry
A Volvo lorry, a Volkswagen Golf and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 09:05 on Tuesday 26 April 2016. The 50-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2016
- Tuesday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9644, longitude -2.02004, in the BD23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby, North Yorkshire, BD23 1RD 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
- 2016120071950
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2008.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 24 June 2008
14 m awayRef 2008120051697
Slight
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 12 July 1995
22 m awayRef 1995121930678
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 31 January 1994
66 m awayRef 1994120311013
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 11 June 1994
76 m awayRef 1994121620008
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 24 July 1994
105 m awayRef 1994122050503
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 15 April 2006
111 m awayRef 2006121050346
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016120071950 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.