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A659 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 February 1985 at 09:45 involving a car

A car and two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire at 09:45 on Wednesday 27 February 1985. The 16-year-old female cyclist and the 16-year-old female cyclist were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 1985
Wednesday, 09:45
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.88096, longitude -1.26827, in the LS24 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
1985125030908
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
659
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

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 1985125030908 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.