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Fatal A684 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 December 1995 at 02:13 involving a Toyota Carina taxi

A Toyota Carina taxi hit a pedestrian on the A684 in North Yorkshire at 02:13 on Saturday 16 December 1995. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Dec 1995
Saturday, 02:13
Vehicles
1
Toyota Carina
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2987, longitude -1.61583, in the DL8 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995123500063
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
684
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1995123500063 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.