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Serious A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 9 March 2017 at 22:43 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3 crashed on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 22:43 on Thursday 9 March 2017. The 73-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 2017
Thursday, 22:43
Vehicles
1
Citroen C3
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95403, longitude -2.14109, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017120040220
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2017120040220 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 2017.