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B6271 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 August 1997 at 11:30 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the B6271 in North Yorkshire at 11:30 on Sunday 17 August 1997. The 28-year-old male rider was 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
17 Aug 1997
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.36942, longitude -1.53667, in the DL7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997122290334
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6271
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, 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 1997122290334 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.