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Unclassified road crash in York YO26 on 18 December 1985 at 20:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in York at 20:35 on Wednesday 18 December 1985. The 18-year-old male rider and a 13-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1985
Wednesday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96019, longitude -1.11432, in the YO26 postcode district and within the built-up area of York.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985125374373
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

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

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1985125374373 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.