Fatal A59 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 October 2020 at 15:27 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle crashed on the A59 in North Yorkshire at 15:27 on Sunday 11 October 2020. The 50-year-old male rider was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 11 Oct 2020
- Sunday, 15:27
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.95052, longitude -2.12401, in the BD23 postcode district. The location was in the former Craven district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020122000928
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 59
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2003.
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 55 crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 28 October 2003
59 m awayRef 2003123010119
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 29 March 1981
132 m awayRef 198112B043681
Serious
Car crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 9 August 1983
141 m awayRef 198312B093083
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 27 December 2015
155 m awayRef 2015120229530
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 2 December 2024
186 m awayRef 2024122500331
Serious
Lorry crash on the A59 in North Yorkshire, 12 September 1989
189 m awayRef 1989121054484
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
- 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 2020122000928 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 2020.