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Serious A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 July 1981 at 03:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 03:15 on Sunday 19 July 1981. A 20-year-old male passenger and a 21-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jul 1981
Sunday, 03:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78028, longitude -1.08321, in the YO8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Selby. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198112A117481
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
63
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198112A117481 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 1981.