A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 July 2020 at 20:25 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 20:25 on Thursday 30 July 2020. The 39-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2020
- Thursday, 20:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.22654, longitude -0.33532, in the YO14 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020122001241
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 165
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2014.
Slight
Yamaha CS 50 Jog crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 1 July 2014
18 m awayRef 2014120107864
Serious
Mercedes AMG Class crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 28 November 2025
78 m awayRef 2025122501435
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 21 April 2003
80 m awayRef 2003121110198
Slight
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 24 October 1989
82 m awayRef 1989121082755
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 17 June 1982
99 m awayRef 198212D057682
Slight
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 18 October 1989
101 m awayRef 1989121078894
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020122001241 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.