Serious B1261 crash in North Yorkshire on 11 September 2022 at 16:50 involving a Ford Ka+
A motorcycle and a Ford Ka+ were involved in a crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire at 16:50 on Sunday 11 September 2022. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Sep 2022
- Sunday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Ka+
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.2369, longitude -0.39573, in the YO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scarborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastfield, North Yorkshire, YO11 3FN 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022122201073
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1261
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 May 1990.
Serious
Kawasaki EX500 crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 16 May 1990
4 m awayRef 1990121360009
Serious
Car crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 16 September 1988
4 m awayRef 1988128164868
Serious
Car crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 19 January 1983
4 m awayRef 198312D004383
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 26 June 1983
4 m awayRef 198312D055283
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 1 August 1984
4 m awayRef 198412D051184
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 3 October 2023
4 m awayRef 2023122301125
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 98 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Ka+
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2022122201073 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.