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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire on 15 December 1986 at 17:42 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 17:42 on Monday 15 December 1986. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1986
Monday, 17:42
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986126232303
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6055

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, 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 1986126232303 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.