B6162 crash in North Yorkshire on 12 March 2018 at 08:30 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire at 08:30 on Monday 12 March 2018. The 26-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2018
- Monday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98377, longitude -1.55109, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0EZ 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
- 2018120042417
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6162
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2008.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 26 September 2008
4 m awayRef 2008120107336
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 8 July 1985
4 m awayRef 1985125212530
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 6 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025122600229
Slight
Toyota IQ crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 25 April 2010
6 m awayRef 2010120065021
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 18 July 2011
6 m awayRef 2011120119257
Serious
Van crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 13 December 1988
6 m awayRef 1988128220681
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2018120042417 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.