Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO61 on 31 August 2002 at 10:58 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 10:58 on Saturday 31 August 2002. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2002
- Saturday, 10:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07306, longitude -1.2282, in the YO61 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002122430321
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 October 1982.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 25 October 1982
40 m awayRef 198212A179582
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 27 June 2019
69 m awayRef 2019121901022
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 1 June 2008
73 m awayRef 2008120037529
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 21 March 2007
82 m awayRef 2007120800052
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 25 December 2020
96 m awayRef 2020122001371
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 7 May 2006
100 m awayRef 2006121270191
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 2002122430321 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.