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Serious B1222 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 October 2001 at 17:18 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle crashed on the B1222 in North Yorkshire at 17:18 on Thursday 4 October 2001. The 36-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Oct 2001
Thursday, 17:18
Vehicles
1
Suzuki GSXR 1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79624, longitude -1.23178, in the LS25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, LS25 6PJ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001122770668
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1222
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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)

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 2001122770668 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.