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Serious A162 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 December 1980 at 16:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle, a car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire at 16:30 on Thursday 11 December 1980. The 37-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 1980
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79394, longitude -1.25111, in the LS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sherburn in Elmet. 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
198012A228280
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
162
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 198012A228280 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 1980.