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Serious unclassified road crash in Wyre PR3 on 25 May 1982 at 15:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Wyre at 15:40 on Tuesday 25 May 1982. The 50-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 May 1982
Tuesday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.92882, longitude -2.90946, in the PR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982040BF0675
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 163 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1982040BF0675 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 1982.