A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 May 2016 at 16:29 involving a Citroen DS3
A Citroen DS3, a Land Rover Freelander and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 16:29 on Friday 27 May 2016. The 38-year-old male driver of the Citroen C1, a 7-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C1 and a 3-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2016
- Friday, 16:29
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen DS3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89071, longitude -1.23063, in the LS24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 8EB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016120092845
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2019.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 17 March 2019
27 m awayRef 2019121900593
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 24 September 2005
47 m awayRef 2005122670746
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 14 November 2002
54 m awayRef 2002123180129
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 3 October 1982
59 m awayRef 198212A162882
Serious
Lorry crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 17 July 1980
59 m awayRef 198012A126080
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 25 September 2000
63 m awayRef 2000122690092
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C1)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C1)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C1)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2016120092845 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.