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A6 crash in Wyre on 10 March 1996 at 17:35 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Wyre at 17:35 on Sunday 10 March 1996. The 25-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Mar 1996
Sunday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and Kawasaki ZX900
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.96578, longitude -2.77872, in the LA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604B009696
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 slight injury crash on 12 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX900

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, 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 199604B009696 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 1996.