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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO11 on 7 May 1982 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 18:30 on Friday 7 May 1982. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 May 1982
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.28304, longitude -0.39959, in the YO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198212D041682
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Daylight
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 22 February 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 198212D041682 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.