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Fatal C road crash in North Yorkshire BD20 on 12 November 1981 at 16:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in North Yorkshire at 16:45 on Thursday 12 November 1981. A 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was killed and three other people were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Nov 1981
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91281, longitude -2.09785, in the BD20 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198112B166581
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, 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 198112B166581 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.