A64 crash in North Yorkshire on 2 December 2020 at 17:21 involving a Keeway RK 125 motorcycle
A Keeway RK 125 motorcycle crashed on the A64 in North Yorkshire at 17:21 on Wednesday 2 December 2020. The 25-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2020
- Wednesday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 1
- Keeway RK 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.27807, longitude -0.40996, in the YO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, North Yorkshire, YO11 1JR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Scarborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020122100055
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 1990.
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 26 June 1990
2 m awayRef 1990121770174
Serious
Honda SCV100 crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 17 May 2010
2 m awayRef 2010120078602
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 9 September 1997
2 m awayRef 1997122520508
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 4 August 1996
2 m awayRef 1996122170837
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 8 December 1988
8 m awayRef 1988128218217
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A64 in North Yorkshire, 29 July 1988
8 m awayRef 1988128131648
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Keeway RK 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Keeway RK 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2020122100055 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.