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Serious unclassified road crash in York YO30 on 18 October 1985 at 15:06 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in York at 15:06 on Friday 18 October 1985. The 81-year-old male cyclist was seriously 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
18 Oct 1985
Friday, 15:06
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97678, longitude -1.09719, 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
1985125286153
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1985125286153 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.