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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO62 on 10 December 1995 at 16:14 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 16:14 on Sunday 10 December 1995. A 69-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort, the 34-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Scirocco were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Dec 1995
Sunday, 16:14
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Scirocco and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.15991, longitude -1.05661, in the YO62 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995123440429
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,780 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

    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 1995123440429 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.