Serious A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 July 2018 at 14:56 involving a Nissan Juke
A car and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 14:56 on Saturday 21 July 2018. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Jul 2018
- Saturday, 14:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 5
- 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13742, longitude -2.45946, in the LA6 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018121800070
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 65
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1990.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 22 December 1990
27 m awayRef 1990123560304
Slight
FSO Cars 125 crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 23 October 1995
86 m awayRef 1995122960239
Slight
Car crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 23 January 2005
106 m awayRef 2005120230575
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 8 October 2025
111 m awayRef 2025122600067
Slight
Car crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 28 November 1985
128 m awayRef 1985125359732
Serious
Ford C-Max crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire, 17 November 2023
129 m awayRef 2023122400084
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- 56 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Juke)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2018121800070 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.