Serious B1223 crash in North Yorkshire on 4 June 2017 at 11:10 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire at 11:10 on Sunday 4 June 2017. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 56-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Jun 2017
- Sunday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.84906, longitude -1.18371, in the LS24 postcode district. The location was in the former Selby district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120097138
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1223
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 47 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 June 2015.
Serious
Land Rover Defender crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 7 June 2015
47 m awayRef 2015120094802
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 28 May 2004
90 m awayRef 2004121490589
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 1 May 1981
127 m awayRef 198112A070581
Slight
Car crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 12 June 1983
140 m awayRef 198312A102083
Slight
Yamaha Ybr crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 15 September 2022
148 m awayRef 2022122201045
Slight
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the B1223 in North Yorkshire, 11 April 1999
153 m awayRef 1999121010490
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,294 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017120097138 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.