Fatal A658 crash in North Yorkshire on 6 September 2017 at 16:30 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz, a Ford Transit van and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire at 16:30 on Wednesday 6 September 2017. The 64-year-old female driver of the Honda Jazz was killed, one other person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 6 Sep 2017
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Jazz and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98815, longitude -1.46465, in the HG5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, North Yorkshire, HG5 8LX 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
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120159923
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6163
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2005.
Slight
Van crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 27 July 2005
1 m awayRef 2005122080153
Slight
Jaguar S Type crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 23 March 2010
1 m awayRef 2010120044803
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6163 in North Yorkshire, 21 April 2016
3 m awayRef 2016120069237
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 1 January 2016
5 m awayRef 2016120000428
Slight
Renault Arkana crash on the B6163 in North Yorkshire, 11 July 2024
6 m awayRef 2024122400747
Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 21 May 2025
9 m awayRef 2025122500618
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 3008)
- 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 2017120159923 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.