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Serious M6 crash in Harborough on 5 December 1994 at 13:30 involving a Ducati motorcycle

A Ducati motorcycle crashed on the M6 in Harborough at 13:30 on Monday 5 December 1994. The 23-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1994
Monday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Ducati
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.40475, longitude -1.18356, in the LE17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994339409385
Council area
Harborough
Police force
Leicestershire
Highway authority
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ducati

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    864 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Ducati)

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 1994339409385 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harborough road accident statistics for 1994.