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Serious A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 January 1992 at 14:00 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190, a Nissan Cabstar van and a Triumph Acclaim were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 14:00 on Wednesday 15 January 1992. The 62-year-old female driver of the Triumph Acclaim and a 65-year-old male passenger in the Triumph Acclaim were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jan 1992
Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles
3
Mercedes 190 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14651, longitude -2.46995, in the LA6 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992120150294
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Cabstar

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,952 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Triumph Acclaim)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Triumph Acclaim)

    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 1992120150294 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 1992.