B1261 crash in North Yorkshire on 29 April 2016 at 08:10 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire at 08:10 on Friday 29 April 2016. The 45-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto, a 21-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto and the 29-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2016
- Friday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24099, longitude -0.43964, in the YO12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seamer, North Yorkshire, YO12 4HR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016120073798
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1261
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 10 October 2017
1 m awayRef 2017120182292
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 3 August 2016
3 m awayRef 2016120140428
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 6 July 2014
3 m awayRef 2014120111142
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 14 April 2016
4 m awayRef 2016120065404
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 29 May 2013
4 m awayRef 2013120086135
Serious
Citroen DS3 crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 18 March 2023
5 m awayRef 2023122300344
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016120073798 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.