Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire on 16 December 1986 at 08:57 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 08:57 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. The 23-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 08:57
Vehicles: 2; Car and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986126230630
Council area: North Yorkshire
Police force: North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
51 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1986126230630 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.