A658 crash in North Yorkshire on 6 June 2004 at 13:59 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire at 13:59 on Sunday 6 June 2004. The 58-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 2004
- Sunday, 13:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Yamaha FJR 1300
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90815, longitude -1.63053, in the LS21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Washburn & Birstwith, North Yorkshire, LS21 2QB area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004121580444
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 658
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 6161
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 12 July 2008
At the same spotRef 2008120061943
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 23 February 2017
2 m awayRef 2017120031131
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 28 February 2024
4 m awayRef 2024122400291
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 8 August 2014
6 m awayRef 2014120133815
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 18 January 2018
7 m awayRef 2018120010080
Serious
Honda GLR 125 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 11 July 2020
8 m awayRef 2020122000585
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha FJR 1300
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FJR 1300)
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 2004121580444 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 2004.