B6451 crash in North Yorkshire on 9 April 2017 at 22:33 involving a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle crashed on the B6451 in North Yorkshire at 22:33 on Sunday 9 April 2017. The 23-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Apr 2017
- Sunday, 22:33
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki GSXR 1000
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.93385, longitude -1.67576, in the LS21 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120060591
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6451
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 2023.
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the B6451 in North Yorkshire, 6 September 2023
10 m awayRef 2023122300940
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6451 in North Yorkshire, 23 August 2017
12 m awayRef 2017120150362
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6451 in North Yorkshire, 20 April 2012
16 m awayRef 2012120062532
Serious
Yamaha FJR 1300 crash on the B6451 in North Yorkshire, 28 June 2005
17 m awayRef 2005121791036
Slight
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the B6451 in North Yorkshire, 3 June 2001
22 m awayRef 2001121540515
Serious
Honda crash on the B6451 in North Yorkshire, 24 July 2001
22 m awayRef 2001122050898
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 1000)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017120060591 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 2017.