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Serious A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 May 1992 at 09:00 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Volkswagen Jetta were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 09:00 on Sunday 24 May 1992. The 68-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny was seriously injured and a 58-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Jetta and the 30-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Jetta were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 1992
Sunday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.92063, longitude -1.15033, in the YO23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992121450180
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1237

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 9 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Jetta)

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 1992121450180 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.