Serious B6268 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 January 1990 at 08:04 involving a Bedford
A Bedford and a Toyota Hiace minibus were involved in a crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire at 08:04 on Thursday 25 January 1990. The 28-year-old male driver of the Toyota Hiace minibus was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jan 1990
- Thursday, 08:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bedford and Toyota Hiace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24484, longitude -1.63475, in the DL8 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990121240898
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6268
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Flood over 3cm deep
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 127 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 12 January 2015
127 m awayRef 2015120006146
Slight
Car crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 29 August 1982
200 m awayRef 198212C087882
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 18 August 1990
200 m awayRef 1990122300353
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 8 August 2021
387 m awayRef 2021122100886
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 10 February 2009
395 m awayRef 2009120023038
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6268 in North Yorkshire, 11 February 2009
395 m awayRef 2009120023578
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bedford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hiace
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,446 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 28, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Hiace)
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 1990121240898 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.