A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 31 October 2010 at 13:10 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 13:10 on Sunday 31 October 2010. The 37-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2010
- Sunday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.22859, longitude -0.59588, in the YO13 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
- 2010120188084
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 170
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1258
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 17 February 2005
10 m awayRef 2005120480775
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 5 February 2007
14 m awayRef 2007120360327
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 17 November 1999
14 m awayRef 1999123210097
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 23 March 2025
15 m awayRef 2025122500531
Serious
Kia Ceed crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 15 July 2021
21 m awayRef 2021122100758
Slight
Jaguar S Type crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 6 February 2023
27 m awayRef 2023122300450
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2010120188084 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 2010.