Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO60 on 15 April 2000 at 15:39 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
A motorcycle and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 15:39 on Saturday 15 April 2000. The 50-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 50-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Apr 2000
- Saturday, 15:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05836, longitude -0.85112, in the YO60 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000121060524
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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, 54 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 November 1982.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,462 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,835 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2000121060524 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 2000.