Man in hospital after motorbike crash on A64 in York

Emergency services were called to the collision on the A64 at Grimston Bar at around midday on Saturday (September 12).

Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it received a report at 12.04pm that a man had “fallen from a motorbike”.

“We dispatched one ambulance to the scene and the patient was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary,” an ambulance service spokesperson said.

Drivers reported delays in the area after the crash, which came as traffic built on routes around the Hopgrove Roundabout following a road closure.

Malton Road, the A64 and the York Outer Ring Road, on all sides of the roundabout, are facing strain over the weekend due to the closure of the northbound lane of the nearby Monks Cross Link for works associated with the building of around 970 homes, as part of the Monks Cross Garden Village development.

It comes as thousands of football fans prepared to travel to the LNER Community Stadium, next to the disruption, where York City face Swindon Town at 3pm on Saturday.

Meanwhile, temporary traffic lights have been installed in nearby New Lane, off Malton Road, over the weekend as Yorkshire Water works to fix a burst main.

A Yorkshire Water spokesperson said its contractor, M Group, is “working as quickly as possible to repair a burst water main and return the highway to normal”.

But they said the work has been “exacerbated by an existing lane closure on Monks Drive, north of LNER Community Stadium, which is currently diverting traffic onto New Lane”.

The company spokesperson said anyone travelling by road to the York City and Swindon Town match should “allow extra travel time for delays”.

“The manned two-way lights will remain in place over the weekend to keep everyone safe,” they said.

“We appreciate that this will be disruptive and would like to thank everyone for their patience as we undertake this work as quickly and as safely as possible.”