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Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 October 1985 at 09:30 involving a car

Two cars and a van were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 09:30 on Monday 21 October 1985. A 71-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 70-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Oct 1985
Monday, 09:30
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24057, longitude -0.44481, in the YO12 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985125287982
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1261

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, 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 1985125287982 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.