A168 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 March 2018 at 12:30 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series, a Toyota Yaris and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire at 12:30 on Saturday 24 March 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2018
- Saturday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 1 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.29079, longitude -1.3877, in the DL6 postcode district. 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
- 2018120050229
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 168
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1999.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A167 in North Yorkshire, 12 November 1999
6 m awayRef 1999123160239
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 25 June 2002
51 m awayRef 2002121760116
Serious
Iveco Daily crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 27 February 1998
60 m awayRef 1998120580491
Fatal
Kawasaki crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 13 March 1997
81 m awayRef 1997120720783
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 24 May 2003
86 m awayRef 2003121440980
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 15 March 1999
122 m awayRef 1999120740133
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018120050229 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.