Unclassified road crash in York YO26 on 4 April 1981 at 13:50 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 13:50 on Saturday 4 April 1981. The 19-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
- 4 Apr 1981
- Saturday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95281, longitude -1.1381, in the YO26 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
- 198112A054681
- 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
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, 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 198112A054681 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 1981.