Serious unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire HG4 on 7 February 2005 at 17:08 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Honda NSR125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 17:08 on Monday 7 February 2005. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda NSR125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Feb 2005
- Monday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Honda NSR125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.12223, longitude -1.52565, in the HG4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ripon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ripon Minster & Moorside, North Yorkshire, HG4 2RU 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005120380797
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Honda NSR125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda NSR125)
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 2005120380797 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 2005.