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Fatal A171 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 April 1990 at 14:02 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80 and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire at 14:02 on Friday 20 April 1990. A 14-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Audi 80 was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Apr 1990
Friday, 14:02
Vehicles
2
Audi 80 and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.48932, longitude -0.7951, in the YO21 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990121100017
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
171
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi 80)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1990121100017 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 1990.