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Fatal unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO32 on 31 August 1985 at 11:28 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 11:28 on Saturday 31 August 1985. The 17-year-old male rider was killed and a 17-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Aug 1985
Saturday, 11:28
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.99927, longitude -1.01982, in the YO32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985125251079
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Fatal

    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 1985125251079 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.