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Serious C road crash in York YO26 on 25 July 1983 at 06:00 involving a lorry

A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in York at 06:00 on Monday 25 July 1983. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jul 1983
Monday, 06:00
Vehicles
2
Lorry and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9592, longitude -1.09026, in the YO26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198312A124283
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1036

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 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, 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 198312A124283 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 1983.