A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 6 June 1980 at 06:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 06:25 on Friday 6 June 1980. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 6 Jun 1980
- Friday, 06:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.27997, longitude -0.40585, in the YO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198012D052880
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2016.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 5 March 2016
3 m awayRef 2016120040319
Slight
Minibus crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 15 April 1979
10 m awayRef 197912D033979
Slight
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 24 April 1979
10 m awayRef 197912D035979
Serious
Bus crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 3 October 2015
10 m awayRef 2015120175287
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 4 July 2025
13 m awayRef 2025122500908
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 4 August 2021
13 m awayRef 2021122101113
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, 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 198012D052880 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.