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B1249 crash in North Yorkshire on 5 August 1998 at 21:21 involving a Ducati motorcycle

A Ducati motorcycle crashed on the B1249 in North Yorkshire at 21:21 on Wednesday 5 August 1998. The 33-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 1998
Wednesday, 21:21
Vehicles
1
Ducati
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.19674, longitude -0.44723, in the YO12 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998122170946
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1249
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
64

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ducati

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    916 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Ducati)

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 1998122170946 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.