A168 crash in North Yorkshire on 15 December 2002 at 00:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A168 in North Yorkshire at 00:55 on Sunday 15 December 2002. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2002
- Sunday, 00:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.32038, longitude -1.4173, in the DL6 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
- 2002123490048
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 168
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 May 2003.
Fatal
Ford Mondeo crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 4 May 2003
22 m awayRef 2003121240035
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 3 June 1991
100 m awayRef 1991121540439
Serious
Car crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 21 December 1988
102 m awayRef 1988128225823
Slight
Sym Jet crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 17 March 2011
149 m awayRef 2011120042344
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 24 October 1999
205 m awayRef 1999122970285
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 15 February 2005
213 m awayRef 2005120460331
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2002123490048 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.