A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 27 July 2008 at 16:10 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
A Mitsubishi Shogun and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 16:10 on Sunday 27 July 2008. The 46-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 2008
- Sunday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Shogun and Kawasaki ZX900
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86415, longitude -1.3128, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008120071339
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 659
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2000.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 19 August 2000
10 m awayRef 2000122320213
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 3 May 2006
14 m awayRef 2006121230479
Serious
Car crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 27 February 1985
14 m awayRef 1985125030910
Slight
Van crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 25 August 2008
36 m awayRef 2008120088533
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 18 November 1998
40 m awayRef 1998123220644
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 22 March 1994
40 m awayRef 1994120810208
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)
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 2008120071339 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.