A1(M) crash in North Yorkshire on 14 September 2012 at 12:40 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire at 12:40 on Friday 14 September 2012. The 21-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2012
- Friday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SV 650 and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95809, longitude -1.37033, in the LS22 postcode district. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012120154077
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2007.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 22 November 2007
5 m awayRef 2007123260362
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 12 July 2008
8 m awayRef 2008120061927
Serious
Car crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 13 April 2016
27 m awayRef 2016120064305
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 16 December 2011
31 m awayRef 2011120211515
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 15 January 2008
54 m awayRef 2008120150073
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, 25 August 2006
74 m awayRef 2006122370713
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)
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 2012120154077 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.