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Serious A684 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 May 1985 at 08:56 involving a car

Five cars and a van were involved in a crash on the A684 in North Yorkshire at 08:56 on Wednesday 15 May 1985. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 May 1985
Wednesday, 08:56
Vehicles
6
Car and 5 others
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.36573, longitude -1.32586, in the DL6 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985125076740
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
684
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 4: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 6: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    99 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1985125076740 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.