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Serious A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 June 1986 at 16:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 16:55 on Thursday 19 June 1986. All eight casualties were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jun 1986
Thursday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
8
8 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.17841, longitude -0.28856, in the YO14 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986126107668
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
165
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2014.

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
    67 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1986126107668 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.