Serious A1041 crash in North Yorkshire on 12 February 1982 at 23:40 involving a car
A car crashed on the A1041 in North Yorkshire at 23:40 on Friday 12 February 1982. The 20-year-old male driver and an 18-year-old female passenger were seriously 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 Feb 1982
- Friday, 23:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7777, longitude -1.06293, in the YO8 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198212A024082
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1041
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2008.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 23 June 2008
At the same spotRef 2008120050973
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 24 September 2025
1 m awayRef 2025122501205
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 12 January 2016
4 m awayRef 2016120006418
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 19 May 2015
9 m awayRef 2015120082933
Slight
Scania crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 14 September 2009
10 m awayRef 2009120160277
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 8 December 1980
10 m awayRef 198012A225780
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198212A024082 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 1982.