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A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 January 1990 at 21:05 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina crashed on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 21:05 on Friday 26 January 1990. The 28-year-old male driver, a female passenger aged under 1 and a 21-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1990
Friday, 21:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Cortina
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.13237, longitude -1.22712, in the YO61 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
1990121242230
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990121242230 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.