{"id":626949,"date":"2026-06-08T03:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626949\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T03:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:54:13","slug":"motorcyclist-dies-after-crash-with-car-in-sherburn-in-elmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626949\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist dies after crash with car in Sherburn in Elmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  North Yorkshire Police said the fatal collision happened on Sir John\u2019s Lane in Sherburn in Elmet at 7.55pm on Saturday, June 6.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It involved a blue Mazda vehicle and a silver Suzuki motorcycle.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A police spokesman said: &#8220;Sadly, the rider of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very difficult time.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Recommended reads:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkpress.co.uk\/news\/26172951.will-never-forget---tributes-officer-shot-dead-a64-near-york\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cWe will never forget him\u201d &#8211; tributes to officer shot dead on A64 near York<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkpress.co.uk\/news\/26172700.north-yorkshire-woodland-fire-believed-deliberate\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">North Yorkshire woodland fire believed to have been deliberate<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkpress.co.uk\/news\/26172253.york-drivers-warned-delays-water-works-set-begin-six-locations\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">York drivers warned of delays as water works set to begin at six locations<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The force is appealing for anyone who witnessed the collision, who has any relevant dashcam footage, or who may have seen either vehicle prior to the incident, to come forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  If you have any information that could assist the investigation, please contact the police online in the first instance:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u2022 Email: Serious Collision Investigation Unit at SCIU@northyorkshire.police.uk\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u2022 Online: If you have any information that could assist the investigation, please follow this link and quote reference 12260104599: <a href=\"https:\/\/orlo.uk\/vDnmr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/orlo.uk\/vDnmr<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u2022 Live chat: Available via our website, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  If you are unable to use these options, please call North Yorkshire Police on 101.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Please quote reference 12260104599 when providing information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Yorkshire Police said the fatal collision happened on Sir John\u2019s Lane in Sherburn in Elmet at 7.55pm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-626949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}