A169 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 September 1979 at 19:30 involving a car
A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire at 19:30 on Monday 10 September 1979. A 42-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 and a 42-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 1979
- Monday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24393, longitude -0.7751, in the YO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pickering. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197912D103379
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 169
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 170
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2016.
Slight
Alfa Romeo Giulietta crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 27 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016120232203
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 5 September 2025
7 m awayRef 2025122501219
Serious
Mazda RX8 crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 10 November 2014
8 m awayRef 2014120194353
Serious
Car crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 30 July 1986
10 m awayRef 1986126137417
Slight
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 17 September 2008
10 m awayRef 2008120102030
Slight
Car crash on the A169 in North Yorkshire, 21 June 1979
10 m awayRef 197912D057179
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 197912D103379 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.