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Serious C road crash in North Yorkshire BD23 on 22 June 1983 at 16:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in North Yorkshire at 16:15 on Wednesday 22 June 1983. The 17-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jun 1983
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94664, longitude -2.02678, 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
198312B080783
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 31 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, 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 198312B080783 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 1983.