A1079 crash in York on 3 May 2016 at 08:45 involving a Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A1079 in York at 08:45 on Tuesday 3 May 2016. The 49-year-old male rider of the Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2016
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki TL 1000 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95444, longitude -1.06212, in the YO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of York. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fishergate, York, YO10 3BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016120085172
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1079
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2023.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1079 in York, 6 May 2023
4 m awayRef 2023122300666
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A1079 in York, 30 November 2010
9 m awayRef 2010120206972
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in York, 26 January 2020
15 m awayRef 2020122000310
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1079 in York, 12 January 1996
18 m awayRef 1996120120205
Serious
Lorry crash on the A1079 in York, 15 August 1983
22 m awayRef 198312A133383
Slight
Car crash on the A1079 in York, 3 July 1984
22 m awayRef 198412A084984
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki TL 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki TL 1000)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016120085172 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the York road accident statistics for 2016.