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Fatal unclassified road crash in Chorley PR7 on 4 April 1993 at 00:36 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Chorley at 00:36 on Sunday 4 April 1993. A 15-year-old female passenger was killed and the 21-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Apr 1993
Sunday, 00:36
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66656, longitude -2.64379, in the PR7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199304C100193
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 15, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199304C100193 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chorley road accident statistics for 1993.