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A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 8 January 1990 at 06:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 06:00 on Monday 8 January 1990. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 1990
Monday, 06:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23986, longitude -1.49977, in the YO7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990121230234
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    99 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1990121230234 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.