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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO21 on 24 January 1979 at 16:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 16:45 on Wednesday 24 January 1979. A 74-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1979
Wednesday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.48675, longitude -0.62228, in the YO21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitby. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197912D007479
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 197912D007479 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.