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Unclassified road crash in York YO10 on 10 February 1980 at 20:35 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 20:35 on Sunday 10 February 1980. The 19-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1980
Sunday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95677, longitude -1.05496, in the YO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198012A024280
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198012A024280 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 1980.