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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire DL11 on 25 May 1986 at 21:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 21:40 on Sunday 25 May 1986. The 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 31-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 May 1986
Sunday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.41111, longitude -1.99889, in the DL11 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986126091393
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1986126091393 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 1986.