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Serious B1363 crash in York on 8 October 1981 at 14:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1363 in York at 14:50 on Thursday 8 October 1981. An 80-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle, the 30-year-old female rider of the motorcycle and the 79-year-old female cyclist were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Oct 1981
Thursday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96535, longitude -1.08311, in the YO31 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198112A171081
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1363
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, on vehicle 2 (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 198112A171081 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.