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Serious A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 22 March 2003 at 16:52 involving a Honda VFR400R motorcycle

A Honda VFR400R motorcycle crashed on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 16:52 on Saturday 22 March 2003. The 35-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Mar 2003
Saturday, 16:52
Vehicles
1
Honda VFR400R
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24465, longitude -0.78303, in the YO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pickering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8DY area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Ryedale district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003120810616
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
170
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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 serious injury crash on 2 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR400R

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR400R)

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 2003120810616 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.