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Serious A1079 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 23 August 1985 at 19:00 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A1079 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 19:00 on Friday 23 August 1985. The 39-year-old male driver of the car and a 36-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Aug 1985
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84557, longitude -0.49764, in the HU17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198516P040669
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1079
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198516P040669 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1985.