Serious A63 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 June 2011 at 15:05 involving a Piaggio Zip motorcycle
A Piaggio Zip motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire at 15:05 on Thursday 16 June 2011. The 39-year-old female rider of the Piaggio Zip motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jun 2011
- Thursday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio Zip and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76131, longitude -1.26533, in the LS25 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011120098854
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 63
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 June 1999.
Serious
Rover Maestro crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 7 June 1999
20 m awayRef 1999121580650
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 2 August 1999
30 m awayRef 1999122140807
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 10 December 1998
32 m awayRef 1998123440516
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 13 September 1994
32 m awayRef 1994122560153
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 16 November 1992
32 m awayRef 1992123210726
Serious
Honda CBR600F crash on the A63 in North Yorkshire, 4 November 1993
32 m awayRef 1993123080558
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Zip
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 39, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)
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 2011120098854 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.