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Serious A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 January 1995 at 16:00 involving a Renault 19

A Renault 19, a Rover Metro and a Honda were involved in a crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 16:00 on Monday 16 January 1995. A 76-year-old female passenger in the Renault 19 and the 51-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro were seriously injured and the 74-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jan 1995
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
3
Renault 19 and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.30657, longitude -0.42542, in the YO13 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995120160645
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
165
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Honda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)

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 1995120160645 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 1995.