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A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 September 2002 at 11:20 involving a Honda VFR800F motorcycle

A Honda VFR800F motorcycle crashed on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 11:20 on Tuesday 24 September 2002. The 46-year-old male rider 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
24 Sep 2002
Tuesday, 11:20
Vehicles
1
Honda VFR800F
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.94868, longitude -2.17367, in the BD23 postcode district. 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
2002122670273
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 27 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, 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 2002122670273 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.