A1079 crash in York on 15 December 2009 at 16:42 involving a Honda ST1300A motorcycle
A Honda ST1300A motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A1079 in York at 16:42 on Tuesday 15 December 2009. The 56-year-old male rider of the Honda ST1300A motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2009
- Tuesday, 16:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda ST1300A and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95717, longitude -1.00479, in the YO19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Osbaldwick & Derwent, York, YO19 5LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009120216073
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1079
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2017.
Slight
Renault crash on the A1079 in York, 22 May 2017
4 m awayRef 2017120087922
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A1079 in York, 14 November 2012
4 m awayRef 2012120192382
Serious
Car crash on the A1079 in North Yorkshire, 31 May 1981
10 m awayRef 198112A087581
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A1079 in North Yorkshire, 7 November 1984
10 m awayRef 1984124183898
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A1079 in North Yorkshire, 28 September 1990
10 m awayRef 1990122710263
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A1079 in North Yorkshire, 7 October 1993
10 m awayRef 1993122820335
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda ST1300A
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,261 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda ST1300A)
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 2009120216073 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 2009.