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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO7 on 6 June 1982 at 00:15 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 00:15 on Sunday 6 June 1982. A 67-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jun 1982
Sunday, 00:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.22454, longitude -1.34135, in the YO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sowerby. 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
198212C055582
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 198212C055582 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.