Unclassified road crash in York YO23 on 22 September 2002 at 18:16 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in York at 18:16 on Sunday 22 September 2002. The 20-year-old male rider and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Sep 2002
- Sunday, 18:16
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90554, longitude -1.11439, in the YO23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002122650596
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 94 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 May 1995.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 4 May 1995
94 m awayRef 1995121260696
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in York, 25 July 2003
94 m awayRef 2003122060866
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 14 August 1981
95 m awayRef 198112A135381
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 2 July 1983
193 m awayRef 198312A114783
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 4 May 1979
209 m awayRef 197912A073479
Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 6 July 1994
226 m awayRef 1994121870852
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 2002122650596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 2002.