Serious B6162 crash in North Yorkshire on 26 July 2011 at 17:23 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire at 17:23 on Tuesday 26 July 2011. The 19-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jul 2011
- Tuesday, 17:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Peugeot Speedfight
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98409, longitude -1.5501, in the HG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrogate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0EZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011120124551
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6162
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 29 March 1986
At the same spotRef 1986126054030
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 24 November 2017
10 m awayRef 2017120213896
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 6 June 2008
14 m awayRef 2008120040559
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 7 May 1992
20 m awayRef 1992121280586
Fatal
Bedford crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 16 August 1993
20 m awayRef 1993122280919
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6162 in North Yorkshire, 3 November 1992
20 m awayRef 1992123080595
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 2011120124551 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.