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Serious A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 September 1979 at 00:14 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 00:14 on Sunday 16 September 1979. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Sep 1979
Sunday, 00:14
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.25125, longitude -0.47849, in the YO13 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Ayton and West Ayton. 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
197912D102879
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
170
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 197912D102879 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.