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Serious A1039 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 August 1979 at 22:20 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1039 in North Yorkshire at 22:20 on Monday 27 August 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and an 18-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured and a 73-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 1979
Monday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.21566, longitude -0.30373, in the YO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Filey. 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
197912D093679
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1039
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
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 197912D093679 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.