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Serious A1079 crash in York on 18 August 1982 at 22:37 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A1079 in York at 22:37 on Wednesday 18 August 1982. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 23-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Aug 1982
Wednesday, 22:37
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95491, longitude -1.06993, in the YO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198212A132082
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1079
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, 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 198212A132082 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.