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A588 crash in Wyre on 24 August 1992 at 22:05 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A588 in Wyre at 22:05 on Monday 24 August 1992. The 26-year-old female rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 1992
Monday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Chevette and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.86632, longitude -2.95951, in the FY6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992040BF1268
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
588
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 1992040BF1268 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 1992.