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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO11 on 10 June 1985 at 17:04 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 17:04 on Monday 10 June 1985. The 21-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jun 1985
Monday, 17:04
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.20305, longitude -0.3803, in the YO11 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
1985125094057
Council area
North Yorkshire
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    99 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, 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 1985125094057 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 1985.