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Serious A171 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 May 1979 at 16:50 involving a car

A car, a bus or coach and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire at 16:50 on Saturday 19 May 1979. There were fifteen casualties: three people were seriously injured and twelve were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 May 1979
Saturday, 16:50
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
15
3 seriously injured, 12 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.40017, longitude -0.58051, in the YO22 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197912D043079
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
171
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 3: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (15)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 15: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (Minibus)

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 197912D043079 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.