Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire on 16 December 1986 at 20:58 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 20:58 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. A female passenger aged under 1 in vehicle 2 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 20:58
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986126231108
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: 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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Front 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 1986126231108 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.