B1261 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 July 2023 at 17:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on the B1261 in North Yorkshire at 17:05 on Tuesday 25 July 2023. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Jul 2023; Tuesday, 17:05
Vehicles: 1; Volkswagen Polo
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2023122300751
Council area: North Yorkshire
Police force: North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 1261
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph
Trunk road: Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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%

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
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
Front
Left-hand drive
No
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
65 years
Engine capacity
999 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
1 year
Driver home area deprivation
20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
Pedestrian location
Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's offside
Home area deprivation
10% 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 2023122300751 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 2023.