A170 crash in North Yorkshire on 5 June 2016 at 10:20 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire at 10:20 on Sunday 5 June 2016. The 42-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 2016
- Sunday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.26421, longitude -0.90935, in the YO62 postcode district. The location was in the former Ryedale district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016120098345
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 170
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 October 2025.
Serious
Kia Soul crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 18 October 2025
24 m awayRef 2025122600113
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 29 July 1993
55 m awayRef 1993122100824
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 18 July 1992
55 m awayRef 1992122000464
Serious
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 7 August 2004
77 m awayRef 2004122200194
Slight
Honda VFR800F crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 24 August 1999
77 m awayRef 1999122360648
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A170 in North Yorkshire, 30 July 1990
87 m awayRef 1990122140286
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016120098345 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 2016.