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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire HG3 on 26 May 1997 at 10:26 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle, a Kawasaki motorcycle and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 10:26 on Monday 26 May 1997. The 39-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle and the 49-year-old female rider of the Suzuki motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1997
Monday, 10:26
Vehicles
3
Suzuki and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11491, longitude -1.80263, in the HG3 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997121460255
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    892 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 1997121460255 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 1997.