A1041 crash in North Yorkshire on 22 February 1985 at 23:19 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire at 23:19 on Friday 22 February 1985. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 1985
- Friday, 23:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74098, longitude -1.0451, in the YO8 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985125028281
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1041
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 60 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 April 2012.
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 21 April 2012
60 m awayRef 2012120063143
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 1 December 2005
67 m awayRef 2005123350164
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 27 September 1981
72 m awayRef 198112A163381
Slight
Skoda Citigo crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 24 October 2025
107 m awayRef 2025122501165
Serious
Car crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 20 May 2008
112 m awayRef 2008120030637
Fatal
Vehicle crash on the A1041 in North Yorkshire, 4 November 1985
122 m awayRef 1985125300064
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 1985125028281 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.