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Serious A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 23 April 2002 at 16:10 involving a Honda VFR800F motorcycle

A Honda VFR800F motorcycle crashed on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 16:10 on Tuesday 23 April 2002. The 40-year-old male rider and a 39-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Apr 2002
Tuesday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Honda VFR800F
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.25441, longitude -0.96234, in the YO62 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002121130748
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

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

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
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

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 2002121130748 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.