Serious B6161 crash in North Yorkshire on 1 November 2015 at 12:50 involving a Honda CRV
A Honda CRV and a Triumph Tiger motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire at 12:50 on Sunday 1 November 2015. The 57-year-old male rider of the Triumph Tiger motorcycle was seriously 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
- 1 Nov 2015
- Sunday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CRV and Triumph Tiger
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.98631, longitude -1.58992, in the HG3 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015120194070
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6161
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2019.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 26 March 2019
11 m awayRef 2019121900447
Slight
Car crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 27 July 1983
32 m awayRef 198312B089383
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 6 November 2020
78 m awayRef 2020122001314
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A6161 in North Yorkshire, 22 September 2024
78 m awayRef 2024122500134
Fatal
Citroen C2 crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 24 October 2025
86 m awayRef 2025122501142
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B6161 in North Yorkshire, 11 December 1994
89 m awayRef 1994123450563
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Tiger
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Tiger)
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 2015120194070 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.