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Serious B1261 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 May 1990 at 06:50 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire at 06:50 on Wednesday 16 May 1990. A 23-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle and the 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 May 1990
Wednesday, 06:50
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki EX500 and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23687, longitude -0.3957, in the YO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990121360009
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1261
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

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 1990121360009 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 1990.