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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO8 on 27 October 1986 at 17:29 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 17:29 on Monday 27 October 1986. The 47-year-old female rider of the motorcycle and the 26-year-old male cyclist were seriously injured and a 16-year-old male pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Oct 1986
Monday, 17:29
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76696, longitude -1.15344, in the YO8 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986126197856
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1986126197856 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 1986.