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Serious A65 crash in North Yorkshire on 13 July 2003 at 18:12 involving a Honda VFR800F motorcycle

Four vehicles, including a Honda VFR800F motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the A65 in North Yorkshire at 18:12 on Sunday 13 July 2003. The 44-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR800F motorcycle was seriously injured and a 43-year-old female passenger on the Honda VFR800F motorcycle was slightly 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
13 Jul 2003
Sunday, 18:12
Vehicles
4
Honda VFR800F and 3 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.02329, longitude -2.26419, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003121940701
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 4: Toyota RAV4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800F)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2003121940701 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.