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Serious B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 July 1982 at 15:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 15:35 on Sunday 25 July 1982. The 21-year-old male rider and a 19-year-old male passenger were 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
25 Jul 1982
Sunday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06654, longitude -2.0183, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198212B098582
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6265
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, 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 198212B098582 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 1982.