An 85-year-old woman has died in a car crash in a rural town near York, around 116 kilometres east of Perth on Thursday afternoon. About 3.10pm, a silver Ford Fairlane sedan was travelling east along Quairading York Road when, in Beverley East, it left the road and struck a tree.The driver and sole occupant, an 85-year-old woman, sustained critical injuries in the crash and died at the scene.Major Crash investigators are urging anyone who saw the crash, or the silver Ford Fairlane sedan travelling in the area before the crash, to contact Crime Stoppers.