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Serious B1251 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 31 December 1981 at 16:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B1251 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 16:25 on Thursday 31 December 1981. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1981
Thursday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.04503, longitude -0.6102, in the YO25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198116K030667
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1251
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 66 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198116K030667 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1981.