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A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 10 October 1998 at 14:38 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 14:38 on Saturday 10 October 1998. The 39-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1998
Saturday, 14:38
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Suzuki GSF 600
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97127, longitude -2.0274, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998122830386
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 600)

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 1998122830386 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.