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Serious A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 13 April 1979 at 18:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 18:50 on Friday 13 April 1979. A 70-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Apr 1979
Friday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78247, longitude -1.07587, in the YO8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Selby. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197912A061879
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
63
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 197912A061879 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 1979.