B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 January 2003 at 14:06 involving a Peugeot 405
A motorcycle and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 14:06 on Sunday 26 January 2003. The 54-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2003
- Sunday, 14:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Peugeot 405
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.03553, longitude -2.03966, 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
- 2003120260356
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2003.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 4 December 2003
50 m awayRef 2003123380359
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 11 April 1999
57 m awayRef 1999121010289
Serious
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 11 February 1979
72 m awayRef 197912B025179
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 26 February 2017
94 m awayRef 2017120033326
Slight
ERF crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 12 July 1994
100 m awayRef 1994121930471
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 10 October 1995
100 m awayRef 1995122830341
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 125cc), 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 2003120260356 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 2003.