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Serious unclassified road crash in York YO30 on 9 March 1985 at 16:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 16:55 on Saturday 9 March 1985. The 37-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured and the 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 1985
Saturday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97543, longitude -1.09753, in the YO30 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

Map of where the crash happened in York

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985125036751
Council area
York
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    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 1985125036751 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 1985.