Serious B1248 crash in North Yorkshire on 19 September 2002 at 15:35 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a Mercedes bus and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire at 15:35 on Thursday 19 September 2002. The 38-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured and the 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo 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
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Sep 2002
- Thursday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07271, longitude -0.67344, in the YO17 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
- 2002122620564
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1248
- 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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 8 November 2001
50 m awayRef 2001123120728
Slight
Scania crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 9 December 2011
85 m awayRef 2011120207435
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 9 January 2023
111 m awayRef 2023122300134
Slight
Car crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 6 March 2008
117 m awayRef 2008120700415
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 15 March 2004
121 m awayRef 2004120750051
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B1248 in North Yorkshire, 11 January 1999
197 m awayRef 1999120110040
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 14,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 3 (Honda)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2002122620564 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.