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Fatal A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 February 1995 at 19:04 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova hit a pedestrian on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 19:04 on Friday 10 February 1995. A 73-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Feb 1995
Friday, 19:04
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24272, longitude -0.77083, in the YO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pickering. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995120410867
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
170
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 21 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1995120410867 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.