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Serious A164 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 6 May 1985 at 15:35 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A164 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 15:35 on Monday 6 May 1985. There were seven casualties: three people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 May 1985
Monday, 15:35
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
7
3 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99934, longitude -0.43932, in the YO25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Driffield.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198516P140314
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
164
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    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
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198516P140314 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.