Serious B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 12 April 1981 at 21:00 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 21:00 on Sunday 12 April 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Apr 1981
- Sunday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07094, longitude -2.00974, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198112B050481
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1992.
Slight
Rover Sterling crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 6 October 1992
41 m awayRef 1992122800515
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 21 June 2005
41 m awayRef 2005121720237
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 31 March 2000
61 m awayRef 2000120910168
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 28 August 1979
61 m awayRef 197912B131079
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 17 September 1991
61 m awayRef 1991122600444
Slight
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 19 October 1986
72 m awayRef 1986126214098
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 198112B050481 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.