Fatal B1257 crash in North Yorkshire on 20 August 2015 at 20:09 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle crashed on the B1257 in North Yorkshire at 20:09 on Thursday 20 August 2015. The 46-year-old male rider was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 20 Aug 2015
- Thursday, 20:09
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki GSXR 1000
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.40405, longitude -1.13513, in the TS9 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015120146163
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1257
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1993.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 31 August 1993
10 m awayRef 1993122430363
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 26 October 2000
60 m awayRef 2000123000857
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 22 June 2004
107 m awayRef 2004121740828
Slight
Foden crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 29 November 1993
107 m awayRef 1993123330656
Slight
Scania crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 5 April 1993
117 m awayRef 1993120950092
Serious
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B1257 in North Yorkshire, 3 October 2006
122 m awayRef 2006122760494
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)
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 2015120146163 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.