Serious A165 crash in North Yorkshire on 8 June 2012 at 15:22 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire at 15:22 on Friday 8 June 2012. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Jun 2012
- Friday, 15:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.19204, longitude -0.29964, in the YO14 postcode district. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120092132
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 11 May 1999
22 m awayRef 1999121310699
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 5 February 2008
22 m awayRef 2008120360196
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 11 April 2008
36 m awayRef 2008121020501
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 23 March 1994
38 m awayRef 1994120820437
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 20 March 2002
38 m awayRef 2002120790134
Serious
Van crash on the A165 in North Yorkshire, 10 August 1985
44 m awayRef 1985125236808
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2012120092132 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.