A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 16 December 2011 at 17:43 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 17:43 on Friday 16 December 2011. The 40-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2011
- Friday, 17:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.28282, longitude -0.41032, in the YO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, North Yorkshire, YO11 1JR area accident hotspot. 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
- 2011120212873
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 165
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A171 in North Yorkshire, 12 November 1984
At the same spotRef 1984124187260
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 23 September 1983
At the same spotRef 198312D079783
Slight
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 1 December 1985
At the same spotRef 1985125361817
Serious
Car crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 11 November 1983
At the same spotRef 198312D098483
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 26 November 1983
At the same spotRef 198312D102883
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 25 June 1983
At the same spotRef 198312D057183
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 40, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2011120212873 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.