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B6255 crash in North Yorkshire on 25 September 1998 at 11:09 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309 and a BMW motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6255 in North Yorkshire at 11:09 on Friday 25 September 1998. The 51-year-old male rider of the BMW motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Sep 1998
Friday, 11:09
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 309 and BMW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.28746, longitude -2.2012, in the DL8 postcode district. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998122680357
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6255
Road type
Dual 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, 510 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BMW)

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 1998122680357 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.