Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 3 July 1985 at 18:53 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 18:53 on Wednesday 3 July 1985. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Jul 1985
- Wednesday, 18:53
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07772, longitude -0.90258, in the YO60 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985125208340
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- 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
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 June 2000.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 17 June 2000
At the same spotRef 2000121690325
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 9 October 1983
22 m awayRef 198312D091583
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 8 August 1981
40 m awayRef 198112D084481
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 30 November 2007
41 m awayRef 2007123340070
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 16 June 1979
64 m awayRef 197912D055479
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 21 April 1981
92 m awayRef 198112D038381
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, 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 1985125208340 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.