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Serious B6270 crash in North Yorkshire on 8 May 1995 at 07:29 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the B6270 in North Yorkshire at 07:29 on Monday 8 May 1995. The 22-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 1995
Monday, 07:29
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.36922, longitude -2.04645, in the DL11 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995121280158
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6270
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 200 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 1995121280158 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 1995.