B6270 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 January 2019 at 18:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus crashed on the B6270 in North Yorkshire at 18:15 on Friday 11 January 2019. The 18-year-old male driver, an 18-year-old male passenger and a 17-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2019
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.38241, longitude -1.98231, in the DL11 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019121900383
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6270
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 1999.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 14 May 1999
6 m awayRef 1999121340740
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 7 March 2005
163 m awayRef 2005120661097
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 18 August 1997
257 m awayRef 1997122310129
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B6270 in North Yorkshire, 17 June 2000
257 m awayRef 2000121690071
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 7 July 1999
331 m awayRef 1999121880636
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6136 in North Yorkshire, 24 November 1996
348 m awayRef 1996123290404
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2019121900383 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 2019.