Serious A6108 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 September 2016 at 13:55 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A Honda CBF125M motorcycle and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire at 13:55 on Saturday 17 September 2016. The 18-year-old female rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was seriously injured and the 70-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva and a 71-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Meriva were slightly 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
- 17 Sep 2016
- Saturday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBF125M and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.25112, longitude -1.69749, in the HG4 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
- 2016120169657
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6108
- 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, 153 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 2011.
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 9 July 2011
153 m awayRef 2011120114028
Slight
Volkswagen Taigo crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 7 May 2025
177 m awayRef 2025122500600
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 30 May 2021
194 m awayRef 2021122100845
Slight
Yamaha MT crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 17 June 2023
233 m awayRef 2023122301085
Serious
Triumph Speed Triple 1050 crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 2 October 2016
261 m awayRef 2016120179323
Serious
Triumph Speed crash on the A6108 in North Yorkshire, 3 July 2025
262 m awayRef 2025122501093
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2016120169657 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.