Serious A684 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 May 1981 at 17:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire at 17:50 on Saturday 16 May 1981. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 40-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 May 1981
- Saturday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.36398, longitude -1.33436, in the DL6 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198112C054881
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 684
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 15 December 1989
10 m awayRef 1989121117190
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 17 December 2009
22 m awayRef 2009120217525
Serious
Car crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 18 October 1981
40 m awayRef 198112C119581
Slight
Car crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 8 February 1982
40 m awayRef 198212C012782
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 8 March 1998
50 m awayRef 1998120670152
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire, 20 December 2010
51 m awayRef 2010120217873
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, 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 198112C054881 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.