B6480 crash in North Yorkshire on 2 February 2022 at 10:38 involving a Honda CRF1000A motorcycle
A Honda CRF1000A motorcycle and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire at 10:38 on Wednesday 2 February 2022. The 52-year-old male rider of the Honda CRF1000A 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
- 2 Feb 2022
- Wednesday, 10:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CRF1000A and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.1186, longitude -2.42143, in the LA2 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022122200222
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6480
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2014.
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 14 April 2014
32 m awayRef 2014120059121
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 3 June 2008
39 m awayRef 2008120038521
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 17 April 1983
55 m awayRef 198312B046683
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 15 May 2002
55 m awayRef 2002121350663
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 31 July 1983
60 m awayRef 198312B089583
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B6480 in North Yorkshire, 19 June 2025
109 m awayRef 2025122501105
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRF1000A
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CRF1000A)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022122200222 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 2022.