Serious B6162 crash in North Yorkshire on 28 March 2017 at 09:00 involving a Saab 9-3
A Saab 9-3 hit a pedestrian on the B6162 in North Yorkshire at 09:00 on Tuesday 28 March 2017. A 19-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Mar 2017
- Tuesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Saab 9-3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9871, longitude -1.53965, in the HG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0EZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120051913
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6162
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 61
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2015.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 4 March 2015
1 m awayRef 2015120035817
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 9 June 2013
2 m awayRef 2013120093660
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 15 November 2022
4 m awayRef 2022122201307
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 1 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016120217162
Slight
Audi S3 crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 6 December 2019
4 m awayRef 2019122000067
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 16 June 1991
5 m awayRef 1991121670468
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 9-3)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- 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 2017120051913 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.