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A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 July 1980 at 11:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 11:25 on Saturday 26 July 1980. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, a 30-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 10-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1980
Saturday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.15789, longitude -0.69525, in the YO17 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
198012D076880
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198012D076880 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.