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B1257 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 March 1998 at 15:30 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire at 15:30 on Monday 30 March 1998. The 34-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and a 27-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Mar 1998
Monday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.34103, longitude -1.11861, in the TS9 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
1998120890406
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1257
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 77 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1998120890406 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 1998.