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A165 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 6 August 1998 at 17:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Honda VFR750F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A165 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 17:45 on Thursday 6 August 1998. The 45-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR750F motorcycle and a 21-year-old female passenger on the Honda VFR750F motorcycle were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 1998
Thursday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Honda VFR750F
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8927, longitude -0.29827, in the HU17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199816C130416
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
165
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
B
Second road number
1244

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VFR750F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda VFR750F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda VFR750F)

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 199816C130416 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1998.