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Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 October 1982 at 17:00 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 17:00 on Sunday 3 October 1982. The 18-year-old female rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 1982
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89079, longitude -1.22975, in the LS24 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
198212A162882
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 198212A162882 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.