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Serious B6234 crash in Hyndburn on 31 March 1995 at 22:05 involving an MCW Metrocab taxi

An MCW Metrocab taxi and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6234 in Hyndburn at 22:05 on Friday 31 March 1995. The 51-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 1995
Friday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
MCW Metrocab and Kawasaki ZX900
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.74504, longitude -2.41573, in the BB5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oswaldtwistle.

Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199504J006495
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6234
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    25 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX900)

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 199504J006495 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hyndburn road accident statistics for 1995.