B1261 crash in North Yorkshire on 9 September 2025 at 17:55 involving a Jaguar XF Series
A Jaguar XF Series and a Lexmoto Assault 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire at 17:55 on Tuesday 9 September 2025. The 33-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto Assault 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 2025
- Tuesday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XF Series and Lexmoto Assault 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.24106, longitude -0.43962, in the YO12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seamer, North Yorkshire, YO12 4HR 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
- 2025122501224
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2019.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 7 May 2019
2 m awayRef 2019121900630
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on a C road in North Yorkshire, 2 February 2017
2 m awayRef 2017120018417
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 5 September 2012
3 m awayRef 2012120148935
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 27 July 1999
4 m awayRef 1999122080769
Serious
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in North Yorkshire, 16 October 2023
4 m awayRef 2023122301183
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B1261 in North Yorkshire, 3 December 2012
4 m awayRef 2012120203686
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XF Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto Assault 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto Assault 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2025122501224 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 2025.