Unclassified road crash in Bradford BD20 on 15 December 2003 at 18:45 involving a Suzuki AY 50 motorcycle
A Suzuki AY 50 motorcycle and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bradford at 18:45 on Monday 15 December 2003. The 17-year-old male rider of the Suzuki AY 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2003
- Monday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki AY 50 and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91212, longitude -1.94075, in the BD20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Silsden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Airedale, Bradford, BD20 0AH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003131399703
- Council area
- Bradford
- Police force
- West Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki AY 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki AY 50)
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 2003131399703 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 2003.