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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO8 on 27 July 1979 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 18:30 on Friday 27 July 1979. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 61-year-old female cyclist were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 1979
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.781, longitude -1.05952, in the YO8 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197912A127779
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197912A127779 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.