A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 23 April 2011 at 13:58 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 13:58 on Saturday 23 April 2011. The 45-year-old male rider 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
- 23 Apr 2011
- Saturday, 13:58
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.22727, longitude -1.06104, in the YO62 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011120065741
- 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
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 April 1985.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 28 April 1985
14 m awayRef 1985125066288
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 20 September 1993
14 m awayRef 1993122630596
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 31 January 1991
14 m awayRef 1991120310067
Fatal
Citroen BX crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 17 March 1998
14 m awayRef 1998120760899
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 30 May 1993
14 m awayRef 1993121500223
Slight
Car crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 2 September 1999
14 m awayRef 1999122460027
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (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 2011120065741 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 2011.