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Serious unclassified road crash in York YO23 on 5 April 1981 at 14:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 14:30 on Sunday 5 April 1981. The 20-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 1981
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.92686, longitude -1.10497, in the YO23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198112A055081
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, on vehicle 1 (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 198112A055081 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.