A1237 crash in York on 19 October 2017 at 08:30 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A Honda CBF125M motorcycle and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A1237 in York at 08:30 on Thursday 19 October 2017. The 19-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Oct 2017
- Thursday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBF125M and Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.97699, longitude -1.13875, in the YO26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural West York, York, YO26 6SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in York
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017120187490
- Council area
- York
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1237
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2007.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A1237 in York, 3 November 2007
9 m awayRef 2007123070339
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A1237 in York, 8 August 2025
13 m awayRef 2025122501238
Slight
Mini One crash on the A1237 in York, 26 October 2009
17 m awayRef 2009120185749
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A1237 in York, 18 November 2007
17 m awayRef 2007123220244
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1237 in York, 18 October 2009
23 m awayRef 2009120181267
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1237 in York, 19 July 1998
27 m awayRef 1998122000356
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,740 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)
- 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 2017120187490 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 2017.