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Serious B6232 crash in Rossendale on 1 September 1994 at 16:30 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the B6232 in Rossendale at 16:30 on Thursday 1 September 1994. The 75-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Sep 1994
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Honda and Scania
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.69919, longitude -2.33288, in the BB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haslingden.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404P104794
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6232
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    69 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 75, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 199404P104794 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 1994.