Serious A162 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 February 2012 at 18:20 involving a Honda XL125V motorcycle
A Honda XL125V motorcycle crashed on the A162 in North Yorkshire at 18:20 on Saturday 4 February 2012. The 20-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Feb 2012
- Saturday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda XL125V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77418, longitude -1.24312, 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
- 2012120018429
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 162
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
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, 48 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 21 December 2012
48 m awayRef 2012120214253
Serious
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 10 July 1997
66 m awayRef 1997121910741
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 9 June 1985
83 m awayRef 1985125093764
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 8 December 1998
181 m awayRef 1998123420046
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 26 May 1997
183 m awayRef 1997121460577
Serious
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on the A162 in North Yorkshire, 14 August 2003
257 m awayRef 2003122260847
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda XL125V
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda XL125V)
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 2012120018429 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 2012.