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Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO7 on 6 September 2001 at 19:20 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 19:20 on Thursday 6 September 2001. The 23-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an oily single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Sep 2001
Thursday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.18172, longitude -1.36715, in the YO7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001122490720
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
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    11,093 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 2001122490720 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.