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Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 7 December 1980 at 15:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 15:45 on Sunday 7 December 1980. The 52-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 50-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Dec 1980
Sunday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13705, longitude -0.80978, in the YO17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Malton. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198012D140780
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Dual 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
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, 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 198012D140780 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.