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Unclassified road crash in Warrington WA13 on 6 July 1989 at 11:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Warrington at 11:45 on Thursday 6 July 1989. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jul 1989
Thursday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38082, longitude -2.44494, in the WA13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989079D20939
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5159

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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    11,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, 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 1989079D20939 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1989.