B6265 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 May 2008 at 16:15 involving a Harley-Davidson FXD motorcycle
A Harley-Davidson FXD motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire at 16:15 on Sunday 11 May 2008. The 35-year-old female rider of the Harley-Davidson FXD motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 May 2008
- Sunday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Harley-Davidson FXD and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00919, longitude -2.04788, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008120025336
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2012.
Slight
Volvo crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 12 December 2012
51 m awayRef 2012120209246
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 23 July 2007
51 m awayRef 2007122040692
Slight
Car crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 8 October 1979
82 m awayRef 197912B155979
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 28 May 2018
157 m awayRef 2018120094012
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 14 May 1990
224 m awayRef 1990121560017
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6265 in North Yorkshire, 13 August 2025
243 m awayRef 2025122500876
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson FXD
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,340 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson FXD)
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 2008120025336 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 2008.