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Serious A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 March 2002 at 10:25 involving a Ford Escort

A motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 10:25 on Sunday 24 March 2002. A 47-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Mar 2002
Sunday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24173, longitude -1.05933, in the YO62 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Helmsley & Sinnington, North Yorkshire, YO62 5BY area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002120830239
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
170
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 1 February 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, 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 2002120830239 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.