Serious A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 November 2018 at 11:40 involving a Jaguar XJ Series
A Jaguar XJ Series, a Toyota GT86 and a Citroen Relay van were involved in a crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 11:40 on Tuesday 20 November 2018. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Nov 2018
- Tuesday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar XJ Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99653, longitude -1.25499, in the YO26 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018121800517
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2013.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 10 March 2013
21 m awayRef 2013120039239
Fatal
Skoda Octavia crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 3 March 2025
23 m awayRef 2025122500428
Serious
Skoda 120 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 17 March 1991
32 m awayRef 1991120760078
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 29 October 2010
41 m awayRef 2010120186875
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 23 May 1981
64 m awayRef 198112A083081
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 24 September 1990
64 m awayRef 1990122670586
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,722 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota GT86
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota GT86)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota GT86)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018121800517 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.