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Serious A661 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 January 2018 at 14:06 involving a Nissan Note

A Nissan Note and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the A661 in North Yorkshire at 14:06 on Saturday 27 January 2018. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Note was seriously injured and a 79-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 208 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jan 2018
Saturday, 14:06
Vehicles
2
Nissan Note and Peugeot 208
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98153, longitude -1.4798, in the HG5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone, North Yorkshire, HG3 1GP 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
2018120015477
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
661
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Note

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    85 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2018120015477 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 2018.