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Serious C road crash in North Yorkshire BD23 on 5 January 1985 at 11:30

A vehicle hit three pedestrians on a C road in North Yorkshire at 11:30 on Saturday 5 January 1985. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 12-year-old male pedestrian and a male pedestrian aged under 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1985
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98291, longitude -2.10625, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985125001629
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
65

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    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 1985125001629 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 1985.