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A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 December 1979 at 07:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 07:30 on Friday 14 December 1979. The 56-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1979
Friday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23543, longitude -0.66856, in the YO18 postcode district. 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
197912D136679
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
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197912D136679 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.