Serious B1222 crash in North Yorkshire on 9 March 2014 at 12:08 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a Yamaha R6 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Insignia, were involved in a crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire at 12:08 on Sunday 9 March 2014. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Mar 2014
- Sunday, 12:08
- Vehicles
- 4
- Yamaha R6 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7834, longitude -1.28852, in the LS25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Monk Fryston & South Milford, North Yorkshire, LS25 5LX area accident hotspot. 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
- 2014120037937
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1222
- 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
- Dry
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 April 2014.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 9 April 2014
3 m awayRef 2014120056227
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 22 May 2016
5 m awayRef 2016120089268
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 27 September 2013
8 m awayRef 2013120167990
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 4 May 2008
9 m awayRef 2008120022482
Slight
Van crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 22 August 1979
12 m awayRef 197912A148279
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1222 in North Yorkshire, 30 January 2022
13 m awayRef 2022122200168
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Kawasaki ZX1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 39 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Kawasaki ZX1000)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Kawasaki ZX1000)
Casualty 4: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 4 (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 2014120037937 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 2014.