Unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire YO12 on 20 November 2008 at 10:37 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 10:37 on Thursday 20 November 2008. The 25-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 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
- 20 Nov 2008
- Thursday, 10:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SV 650 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.26052, longitude -0.45094, in the YO12 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008120138262
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 1990.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 27 April 1990
63 m awayRef 1990121180003
Fatal
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 14 September 1999
148 m awayRef 1999122570343
Serious
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 11 June 1986
149 m awayRef 1986126102203
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 23 September 1981
150 m awayRef 198112D106581
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 22 December 2021
151 m awayRef 2021122200015
Serious
Van crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 12 May 1981
173 m awayRef 198112D046381
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)
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 2008120138262 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.