B6162 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 October 2018 at 08:45 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Volvo XC70 were involved in a crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire at 08:45 on Wednesday 17 October 2018. A 20-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2018
- Wednesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Volvo XC70
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98674, longitude -1.54078, 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
- 2018121800434
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 2008.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 4 April 2008
12 m awayRef 2008120950441
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 2 October 2009
12 m awayRef 2009120171452
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 13 October 2004
20 m awayRef 2004122870672
Serious
Minibus crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 27 August 1994
20 m awayRef 1994122390443
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 14 May 1997
20 m awayRef 1997121340306
Slight
Car crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 8 November 1982
20 m awayRef 198212B160282
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018121800434 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.