Serious B1223 crash in North Yorkshire on 24 June 2003 at 19:32 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle crashed on the B1223 in North Yorkshire at 19:32 on Tuesday 24 June 2003. The 27-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
- 24 Jun 2003
- Tuesday, 19:32
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha YZF R1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.85118, longitude -1.2066, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003121750887
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1223
- 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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2000.
Slight
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 29 September 2000
45 m awayRef 2000122730648
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 5 May 2016
74 m awayRef 2016120078152
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 15 August 1982
82 m awayRef 198212A129682
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 11 November 2017
106 m awayRef 2017120203075
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 16 February 2019
110 m awayRef 2019121901409
Serious
Honda VFR800F crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 22 May 2010
113 m awayRef 2010120081850
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 27, 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 2003121750887 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.