B6161 crash in North Yorkshire on 1 July 2008 at 18:45 involving a Ducati motorcycle
A Ducati motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire at 18:45 on Tuesday 1 July 2008. The 42-year-old male driver of the car 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
- 1 Jul 2008
- Tuesday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ducati and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95797, longitude -1.60997, in the HG3 postcode district. 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
- 2008120056087
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6161
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 August 2004.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 4 August 2004
14 m awayRef 2004122170116
Slight
Renault Twingo crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 1 June 2014
36 m awayRef 2014120088176
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B6451 in North Yorkshire, 28 September 1998
41 m awayRef 1998122710532
Serious
Renault 21 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 15 September 1996
61 m awayRef 1996122590329
Serious
BMW X1 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 1 April 2025
62 m awayRef 2025122500935
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 28 August 2009
63 m awayRef 2009120149786
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ducati
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 916 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, 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 2008120056087 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.