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Serious unclassified road crash in York YO1 on 12 February 1982 at 21:15 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 21:15 on Friday 12 February 1982. The 20-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 40-year-old female rider of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Feb 1982
Friday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96124, longitude -1.07436, in the YO1 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
198212A023982
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
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198212A023982 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 1982.