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Serious B1222 crash in North Yorkshire on 14 May 1998 at 18:30 involving a Citroen ZX

A motorcycle and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire at 18:30 on Thursday 14 May 1998. The 30-year-old female rider of the motorcycle 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
14 May 1998
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Citroen ZX
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83696, longitude -1.27435, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998121340957
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1222
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, 112 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    659 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1998121340957 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.