A61 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 June 2020 at 13:02 involving a Volvo V70
Five vehicles, including a Volvo V70 and a Skoda Fabia, were involved in a crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire at 13:02 on Saturday 27 June 2020. A 9-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2020
- Saturday, 13:02
- Vehicles
- 5
- Volvo V70 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99273, longitude -1.54236, in the HG1 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, HG1 5LQ 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
- 2020122000591
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 61
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2013.
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 14 June 2013
10 m awayRef 2013120096751
Slight
Bus crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 5 September 1985
15 m awayRef 1985125272874
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 7 October 1991
17 m awayRef 1991122800582
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 10 December 1994
17 m awayRef 1994123440425
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 17 June 1993
17 m awayRef 1993121680188
Slight
Car crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 28 March 2006
21 m awayRef 2006120870659
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Nissan X-Trail
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 5: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 9, hit by vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2020122000591 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 2020.