A171 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 April 1984 at 17:35 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire at 17:35 on Tuesday 3 April 1984. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 1984
- Tuesday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.47015, longitude -0.60046, in the YO22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitby. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198412D017484
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 171
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 2024.
Serious
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 6 March 2024
27 m awayRef 2024122400385
Slight
Nissan Cabstar crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 15 November 2004
40 m awayRef 2004123200068
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 11 October 2011
81 m awayRef 2011120172210
Fatal
Car crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 26 November 1988
99 m awayRef 1988128209859
Slight
Car crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 9 October 1979
100 m awayRef 197912D112479
Serious
Hyundai Stellar crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 29 November 1994
100 m awayRef 1994123330164
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198412D017484 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 1984.