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Serious unclassified road crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire YO25 on 5 April 2002 at 18:25 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 18:25 on Friday 5 April 2002. The 45-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 2002
Friday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Kawasaki ZX900
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00659, longitude -0.43704, in the YO25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Driffield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Driffield and Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO25 6LJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200216C028502
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)

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 200216C028502 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2002.