A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 21 April 2019 at 00:01 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 00:01 on Sunday 21 April 2019. The 62-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
- 21 Apr 2019
- Sunday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.18152, longitude -0.49997, in the YO12 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
- 2019121900551
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 64
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 November 2011.
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 15 November 2011
50 m awayRef 2011120193441
Slight
MAN crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 3 December 2015
52 m awayRef 2015120214497
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 4 November 2001
55 m awayRef 2001123080429
Serious
Renault crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 20 January 1997
70 m awayRef 1997120200839
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 7 June 1997
101 m awayRef 1997121580506
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 28 January 1991
108 m awayRef 1991120280291
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 62, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019121900551 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 2019.