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A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 7 April 2002 at 11:27 involving a Triumph Acclaim

A Triumph Acclaim and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 11:27 on Sunday 7 April 2002. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Apr 2002
Sunday, 11:27
Vehicles
2
Triumph Acclaim and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.14829, longitude -2.47611, in the LA6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bentham & Ingleton, North Yorkshire, LA6 3DA area accident hotspot. 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
2002120970248
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 53 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2002120970248 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.