Fatal unclassified road crash in North Yorkshire BD20 on 5 December 2014 at 14:01 involving a Sukida SK 125 motorcycle
A Sukida SK 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire at 14:01 on Friday 5 December 2014. The 24-year-old male rider was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 5 Dec 2014
- Friday, 14:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Sukida SK 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.87507, longitude -1.99892, in the BD20 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014120210210
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 5 March 1984
42 m awayRef 198412B018784
Serious
Citroen C2 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 11 May 2017
76 m awayRef 2017120080781
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 3 September 2001
269 m awayRef 2001122460715
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 16 October 1996
288 m awayRef 1996122900812
Serious
Honda XR125L crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 30 April 2015
291 m awayRef 2015120071295
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 3 September 1998
421 m awayRef 1998122460124
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Sukida SK 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sukida SK 125)
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 2014120210210 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.