B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 April 2001 at 16:02 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a Suzuki motorcycle and a Kawasaki motorcycle, were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 16:02 on Saturday 21 April 2001. A 40-year-old female passenger on the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2001
- Saturday, 16:02
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05216, longitude -2.02288, 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
- 2001121110552
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6265
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 slight injury crash on 10 January 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 10 January 1996
At the same spotRef 1996120100349
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 27 August 2001
At the same spotRef 2001122690283
Slight
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 8 July 1995
At the same spotRef 1995121890657
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 12 October 1997
At the same spotRef 1997122850234
Slight
BMW R Series crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 17 August 2025
27 m awayRef 2025122501255
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 7 April 2013
27 m awayRef 2013120054940
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Explorer
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,008 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,098 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 4 (Honda)
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 2001121110552 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 2001.