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A1 crash in North Yorkshire on 23 December 1997 at 16:00 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80 crashed on the A1 in North Yorkshire at 16:00 on Tuesday 23 December 1997. The 38-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Audi 80
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00562, longitude -1.37899, in the HG5 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997123570649
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 224 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 80)

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 1997123570649 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 1997.