A658 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 August 2016 at 17:05 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Zafira and a Renault Megane, were involved in a crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire at 17:05 on Friday 26 August 2016. The 53-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa 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
- 26 Aug 2016
- Friday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Zafira and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98916, longitude -1.45937, in the HG5 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
- 2016120154929
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 35 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 December 2003.
Fatal
Rover 100 Series crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 1 December 2003
35 m awayRef 2003123350713
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 11 December 2013
41 m awayRef 2013120214118
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 12 July 2017
72 m awayRef 2017120121844
Fatal
Citroen Saxo crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 12 March 2007
79 m awayRef 2007120710582
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 8 April 2012
100 m awayRef 2012120055958
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 19 July 1998
133 m awayRef 1998122000494
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Qashqai
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2016120154929 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.