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C road crash in North Yorkshire YO7 on 8 May 1980 at 08:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in North Yorkshire at 08:30 on Thursday 8 May 1980. An 11-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 1980
Thursday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.18087, longitude -1.34404, in the YO7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198012C045280
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 73 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 198012C045280 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.