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Serious C road crash in North Yorkshire YO60 on 25 December 1981 at 10:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in North Yorkshire at 10:35 on Friday 25 December 1981. A 52-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 59-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 1981
Friday, 10:35
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.08746, longitude -1.01086, in the YO60 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198112A225281
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198112A225281 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.