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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO23 on 12 July 1985 at 18:35 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 18:35 on Friday 12 July 1985. The 29-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and a 13-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jul 1985
Friday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87307, longitude -1.16042, in the YO23 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985125216089
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1985125216089 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.