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Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire DL8 on 30 October 2008 at 21:00 involving a Sym Jet motorcycle

A Sym Jet motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 21:00 on Thursday 30 October 2008. The 17-year-old male rider and an 18-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 2008
Thursday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
Sym Jet
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.31196, longitude -1.82828, in the DL8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leyburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leyburn & Middleham, North Yorkshire, DL8 5FD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Richmondshire district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008120126547
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 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, no street lighting
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
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Sym Jet

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Jet)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Jet)

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 2008120126547 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.