Serious A658 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 May 1980 at 22:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire at 22:45 on Saturday 10 May 1980. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and an 18-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 May 1980
- Saturday, 22:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.93811, longitude -1.56111, in the LS17 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198012B059580
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 658
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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, no street lighting
- 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 26 May 2011.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 26 May 2011
At the same spotRef 2011120085755
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 18 November 2011
At the same spotRef 2011120195433
Slight
Car crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 2 January 1981
10 m awayRef 198112B001081
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 1 September 1980
10 m awayRef 198012B120080
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 9 January 1995
10 m awayRef 1995120090172
Serious
Car crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 4 January 1980
10 m awayRef 198012B001580
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198012B059580 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 1980.