Serious B1257 crash in North Yorkshire on 8 June 1981 at 07:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire at 07:45 on Monday 8 June 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Jun 1981
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14034, longitude -0.80632, in the YO17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Malton. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198112D057581
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1257
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 73 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 2004.
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 4 July 2004
73 m awayRef 2004121860404
Slight
Car crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 2 January 1980
85 m awayRef 198012D000380
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 21 December 1999
89 m awayRef 1999123550087
Slight
Car crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 13 September 2017
107 m awayRef 2017120166774
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 16 April 1995
139 m awayRef 1995121060576
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 4 May 1989
171 m awayRef 1989128306891
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198112D057581 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 1981.