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Serious A1237 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 September 1992 at 15:40 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the A1237 in North Yorkshire at 15:40 on Monday 14 September 1992. The 72-year-old male driver and a 76-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Sep 1992
Monday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97894, longitude -1.13466, in the YO26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992122580604
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1237
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    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 1992122580604 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.