A168 crash in North Yorkshire on 2 August 2015 at 12:45 involving a Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle
A Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle crashed on the A168 in North Yorkshire at 12:45 on Sunday 2 August 2015. A 67-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2015
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Harley-Davidson FLS
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11508, longitude -1.41194, in the YO51 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
- 2015120133210
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 168
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6265
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 14 July 2014
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Slight
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Serious
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Serious
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Serious
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A168 in North Yorkshire, 13 September 2020
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson FLS
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,340 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson FLS)
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 2015120133210 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 2015.