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B6160 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 December 1986 at 07:20 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the B6160 in North Yorkshire at 07:20 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. The 22-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured. The location was in the former Craven district.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 1986
Tuesday, 07:20
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986126230596
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6160
Road type
Dual 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, 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 1986126230596 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.