B1222 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 October 1985 at 18:59 involving a car
A car crashed on the B1222 in North Yorkshire at 18:59 on Friday 25 October 1985. The 18-year-old male driver and an 18-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 1985
- Friday, 18:59
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85369, longitude -1.11535, in the YO19 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
- 1985125292127
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1222
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 24 September 1985
At the same spotRef 1985125267145
Slight
Kia EV6 crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 28 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025122600346
Slight
Car crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 8 March 1980
14 m awayRef 198012A045380
Slight
Harley-Davidson FXD crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 25 March 2012
16 m awayRef 2012120047356
Serious
Triumph Daytona 600 crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 1 May 2013
19 m awayRef 2013120069253
Serious
Kawasaki ZX400 crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 11 June 1995
22 m awayRef 1995121620385
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, 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 1985125292127 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.