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Serious A6069 crash in North Yorkshire on 18 December 1995 at 16:31 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Mercedes 200 were involved in a crash on the A6069 in North Yorkshire at 16:31 on Monday 18 December 1995. The 21-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic, a 50-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic and the 43-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 200 were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 1995
Monday, 16:31
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Mercedes 200
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96678, longitude -1.99387, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995123520714
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6069
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)

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 1995123520714 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.