A6055 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 December 1985 at 10:31 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire at 10:31 on Saturday 21 December 1985. The 60-year-old male driver of the car and the 23-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 1985
- Saturday, 10:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.01843, longitude -1.46351, in the HG5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knaresborough. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1985125375164
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 27 April 1981
At the same spotRef 198112B059381
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 26 September 2020
1 m awayRef 2020122000907
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 22 March 2013
4 m awayRef 2013120046019
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 4 May 2023
4 m awayRef 2023122300673
Serious
Yamaha XT 125 crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 16 November 2015
9 m awayRef 2015120203887
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6055 in North Yorkshire, 28 March 1981
10 m awayRef 198112B044181
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 1985125375164 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.