B1217 crash in North Yorkshire on 2 August 1990 at 13:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a car were involved in a crash on the B1217 in North Yorkshire at 13:25 on Thursday 2 August 1990. The 34-year-old male driver of the car, the 16-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 1990
- Thursday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82806, longitude -1.2897, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990122140268
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1217
- 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, 86 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B1217 in North Yorkshire, 1 January 1986
86 m awayRef 1986125381526
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1217 in North Yorkshire, 11 October 1981
92 m awayRef 198112A172481
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B1217 in North Yorkshire, 31 October 1983
100 m awayRef 198312A181983
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B1217 in North Yorkshire, 3 December 2025
103 m awayRef 2025122600200
Serious
Honda CBR600F crash on the B1217 in North Yorkshire, 28 May 2017
103 m awayRef 2017120092265
Fatal
Ducati crash on the B1217 in North Yorkshire, 10 October 1999
106 m awayRef 1999122830361
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 1990122140268 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.