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A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 5 October 1985 at 21:40 involving a bicycle

A vehicle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 21:40 on Saturday 5 October 1985. The 32-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 1985
Saturday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71756, longitude -1.26808, in the WF11 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
1985125307587
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, on vehicle 2 (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 1985125307587 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.