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Serious A161 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 23 April 2002 at 18:25 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle crashed on the A161 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 18:25 on Tuesday 23 April 2002. The 39-year-old male rider was seriously 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
23 Apr 2002
Tuesday, 18:25
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF R1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66333, longitude -0.77154, in the DN14 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200216C034102
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
161
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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)

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 200216C034102 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.