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Serious A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 31 July 2003 at 22:21 involving a Jaguar S Type

A Jaguar S Type and a Honda XL125V motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 22:21 on Thursday 31 July 2003. The 30-year-old male rider of the Honda XL125V motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jul 2003
Thursday, 22:21
Vehicles
2
Jaguar S Type and Honda XL125V
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2012, longitude -0.31058, in the YO14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hunmanby & Sherburn, North Yorkshire, YO14 0EH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Scarborough district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003122121010
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
165
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
A
Second road number
1039

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 13 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar S Type

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda XL125V

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda XL125V)

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 2003122121010 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.