C road crash in North Yorkshire HG4 on 5 May 2017 at 16:08 involving a Chevrolet Orlando
A Chevrolet Orlando and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on a C road in North Yorkshire at 16:08 on Friday 5 May 2017. All four casualties 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
- 5 May 2017
- Friday, 16:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chevrolet Orlando and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14282, longitude -1.45903, in the HG4 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
- 2017120077208
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 65 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2015.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 19 December 2015
65 m awayRef 2015120224671
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 16 February 2002
88 m awayRef 2002120470143
Serious
Car crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 19 November 1981
112 m awayRef 198112C132681
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 31 December 2018
315 m awayRef 2018121900065
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 27 August 1996
319 m awayRef 1996122400587
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 8 August 2025
329 m awayRef 2025122501280
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Orlando
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Orlando)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Orlando)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Orlando)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017120077208 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.