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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO17 on 17 May 1998 at 13:30 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle, a Derbi GPR 50 motorcycle and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 13:30 on Sunday 17 May 1998. The 16-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was seriously injured and the 67-year-old male driver of the Volvo 440 and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 440 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 1998
Sunday, 13:30
Vehicles
3
Aprilia and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.20488, longitude -0.6769, in the YO17 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998121370413
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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 671 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Derbi GPR 50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 440)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 440)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1998121370413 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.