Serious A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 5 November 2018 at 18:15 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic crashed on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 18:15 on Monday 5 November 2018. The 54-year-old female driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Nov 2018
- Monday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.22751, longitude -1.06055, in the YO62 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018121900158
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 170
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1257
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 2006.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 3 July 2006
6 m awayRef 2006121840509
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 9 December 1999
7 m awayRef 1999123430267
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 7 July 1999
7 m awayRef 1999121880207
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 19 January 2024
10 m awayRef 2024122400228
Slight
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 10 July 1986
15 m awayRef 1986126122637
Slight
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 18 January 1980
29 m awayRef 198012D006480
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2018121900158 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.