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Serious B5202 crash in Knowsley on 2 January 1988 at 07:43 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B5202 in Knowsley at 07:43 on Saturday 2 January 1988. The 34-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jan 1988
Saturday, 07:43
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46598, longitude -2.85179, in the L33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198805C300007
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5202
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, 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 198805C300007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Knowsley road accident statistics for 1988.