A166 crash in North Yorkshire on 2 August 2025 at 12:15 involving a Renault Trucks lorry
A Renault Trucks lorry, a Ford Transit Custom van and an Iveco Daily lorry were involved in a crash on the A166 in North Yorkshire at 12:15 on Saturday 2 August 2025. The 57-year-old female driver of the Ford Transit Custom van and a 70-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit Custom van 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
- 2 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Trucks and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99009, longitude -0.93786, in the YO41 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025122501028
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 166
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2015.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A166 in North Yorkshire, 2 April 2015
3 m awayRef 2015120053558
Slight
Lorry crash on the A166 in North Yorkshire, 4 August 2014
21 m awayRef 2014120132305
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A166 in North Yorkshire, 7 November 2021
22 m awayRef 2021122101476
Slight
Seat Ateca crash on the A166 in North Yorkshire, 21 September 2019
41 m awayRef 2019121901336
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A166 in North Yorkshire, 25 August 2021
48 m awayRef 2021122101127
Slight
Honda crash on the A166 in North Yorkshire, 6 October 2013
49 m awayRef 2013120173758
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 3: Iveco Daily
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 70, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2025122501028 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 2025.