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A6068 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 December 1985 at 22:05 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6068 in North Yorkshire at 22:05 on Thursday 19 December 1985. The 23-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1985
Thursday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85429, longitude -1.31814, in the LS24 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
1985125375920
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6068
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, 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 1985125375920 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.