Unclassified road crash in Pendle on 18 December 1986 at 08:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Pendle at 08:45 on Thursday 18 December 1986. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1986; Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles: 1; Motorcycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040FB2029
Council area: Pendle
Police force: Lancashire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 16, 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 1986040FB2029 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Pendle road accident statistics for 1986.