A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 March 2002 at 12:38 involving a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle
A Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 12:38 on Monday 4 March 2002. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Mar 2002
- Monday, 12:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha FZS 600 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.04128, longitude -0.94857, in the YO60 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002120630454
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 May 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 6 May 1979
14 m awayRef 197912A075179
Serious
Lorry crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 4 November 1980
30 m awayRef 198012A198880
Fatal
Seat Alhambra crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 23 July 2006
30 m awayRef 2006122040404
Slight
Smart Forfour crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 10 July 2007
32 m awayRef 2007121910497
Slight
Peugeot RCZ crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 8 May 2023
37 m awayRef 2023122301051
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 20 July 2024
39 m awayRef 2024122400976
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZS 600
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2002120630454 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 2002.