A684 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 March 2018 at 11:50 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire at 11:50 on Thursday 15 March 2018. The 19-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 2018
- Thursday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.28897, longitude -1.59264, in the DL8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2AB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018120045246
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 684
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1999.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A6840 in North Yorkshire, 23 September 1999
6 m awayRef 1999122660334
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 21 July 2011
7 m awayRef 2011120121597
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B6285 in North Yorkshire, 22 July 2024
14 m awayRef 2024122400871
Serious
Toyota Hilux crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 13 October 2006
15 m awayRef 2006122860798
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 8 August 2009
15 m awayRef 2009120142099
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 7 February 2011
15 m awayRef 2011120021103
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- 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 2018120045246 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.