Appeal after man dies in collision on B1222

We're appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a fatal collision on the B1222 between South Milford and Sherburn-in-Elmet.

It happened at about 7.20pm last night (Friday 23 August) and involved a green Kawasaki motorcycle heading towards Squire’s Café from Sherburn-in-Elmet, a silver Volvo travelling in the same direction and an Arriva double-decker bus heading in the opposite direction.

Sadly, the motorcyclist was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene. His family have been informed.

The road was closed for a number of hours while emergency services responded to the incident, and to allow for forensic collision investigations to take place. 

The road was re-opened around 6.30am this morning.  Our thanks go to members of the public who stopped to assist at the scene.

Anyone who may have seen any of the vehicles involved prior to the collision, has relevant CCTV or dashcam footage, or witnessed the collision and hasn't yet spoke with officers is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police's Major Collision Investigation Team via 101 or [email protected]

Please quote reference 12240153644.