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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire LA2 on 14 October 1979 at 00:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 00:30 on Sunday 14 October 1979. An 18-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Oct 1979
Sunday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.12052, longitude -2.53774, in the LA2 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197912B159779
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 57 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 May 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 197912B159779 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 1979.