B1261 crash in North Yorkshire on 9 May 2012 at 15:09 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire at 15:09 on Wednesday 9 May 2012. The 43-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2012
- Wednesday, 15:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.23687, longitude -0.39579, in the YO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastfield, North Yorkshire, YO11 3FN 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
- 2012120074080
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1261
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 25 February 2014.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 25 February 2014
1 m awayRef 2014120031137
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 7 December 2012
2 m awayRef 2012120206110
Serious
Car crash on the B61 in North Yorkshire, 15 November 1979
2 m awayRef 197912D125879
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 8 September 2008
2 m awayRef 2008120099106
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 4 August 2010
2 m awayRef 2010120131380
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 17 October 2011
2 m awayRef 2011120176383
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 43, 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 2012120074080 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.