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Fatal B6430 crash in Wyre on 12 October 1985 at 10:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B6430 in Wyre at 10:50 on Saturday 12 October 1985. A 75-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Oct 1985
Saturday, 10:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.90181, longitude -2.77509, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Garstang.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985040BF1463
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6430
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1985040BF1463 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 1985.