A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 18 December 2017 at 17:30 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Subaru Impreza were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 17:30 on Monday 18 December 2017. The 60-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2017
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Subaru Impreza
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14203, longitude -0.74533, in the YO17 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120225614
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 2007.
Serious
Nissan Terrano crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 20 December 2007
17 m awayRef 2007123540499
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 4 May 1979
38 m awayRef 197912D038579
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 14 July 2017
56 m awayRef 2017120123465
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 8 February 1998
67 m awayRef 1998120390554
Slight
Lorry crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 20 June 1989
72 m awayRef 1989128337920
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 23 April 2002
84 m awayRef 2002121130956
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2017120225614 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.