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Serious C road crash in North Yorkshire YO21 on 19 September 1982 at 21:30 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on a C road in North Yorkshire at 21:30 on Sunday 19 September 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 21-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Sep 1982
Sunday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.40896, longitude -0.95846, in the YO21 postcode district. 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
198212D100182
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, 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 198212D100182 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.