A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 May 2017 at 11:02 involving a Mitsubishi Outlander
A Mitsubishi Outlander and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 11:02 on Saturday 20 May 2017. The 24-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2017
- Saturday, 11:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Outlander and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99931, longitude -1.49858, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fairfax & Starbeck, North Yorkshire, HG2 7JN 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120086669
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 2022.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 30 November 2022
2 m awayRef 2022122201372
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 28 August 2012
4 m awayRef 2012120144993
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 23 September 1980
5 m awayRef 198012B131180
Slight
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 28 May 1988
5 m awayRef 1988128089931
Slight
Yamaha GPD 125 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 7 January 2017
6 m awayRef 2017120179743
Slight
Mazda CX-60 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 30 July 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Outlander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 24, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017120086669 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.