Skip to main content
CrashStats

Fatal A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 April 1998 at 00:18 involving a Mercedes SL Class

A Mercedes SL Class crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 00:18 on Sunday 26 April 1998. The 38-year-old male driver was killed and a 37-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Apr 1998
Sunday, 00:18
Vehicles
1
Mercedes SL Class
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8562, longitude -1.33712, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998121160026
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
64
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1

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
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes SL Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes SL Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes SL Class)

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 1998121160026 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 1998.