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Serious A165 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 11 December 1985 at 18:00 involving a lorry

A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A165 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 18:00 on Wednesday 11 December 1985. The 29-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 1985
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Lorry and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.03734, longitude -0.24243, in the YO15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198516P071074
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
165
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198516P071074 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1985.