Serious A19 crash in York on 16 December 2005 at 16:40 involving an Aprilia motorcycle
An Aprilia motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A19 in York at 16:40 on Friday 16 December 2005. The 31-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was seriously injured and the 44-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Dec 2005
- Friday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89424, longitude -1.04692, in the YO19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005123500663
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 19
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2020.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A19 in York, 6 October 2020
13 m awayRef 2020122000944
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A19 in York, 16 May 2010
50 m awayRef 2010120078050
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 3 September 1995
58 m awayRef 1995122460206
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 7 April 2004
58 m awayRef 2004120980077
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire, 12 October 1993
58 m awayRef 1993122850090
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A19 in York, 25 September 1997
58 m awayRef 1997122680090
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 650 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2005123500663 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 2005.