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Serious A659 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 April 2006 at 21:15 involving a bicycle

Two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A659 in North Yorkshire at 21:15 on Sunday 30 April 2006. The 22-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 2006
Sunday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.88764, longitude -1.2727, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006121200650
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
659
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2006121200650 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 2006.