A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 29 January 1985 at 16:08 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 16:08 on Tuesday 29 January 1985. The 20-year-old male driver of the car and a 19-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jan 1985
- Tuesday, 16:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11185, longitude -1.41412, in the YO51 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985125014348
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 July 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 10 July 1979
10 m awayRef 197912B104779
Slight
Car crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 25 April 2010
42 m awayRef 2010120064710
Fatal
Mercedes crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 22 September 2017
51 m awayRef 2017120170088
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 2 August 2003
76 m awayRef 2003122140555
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 21 December 2012
94 m awayRef 2012120214604
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire, 27 December 1989
100 m awayRef 1989121223277
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, 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 1985125014348 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.