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Fatal unclassified road crash in South Ribble PR4 on 26 July 1996 at 15:28 involving a Honda H100S motorcycle

A Honda H100S motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in South Ribble at 15:28 on Friday 26 July 1996. The 29-year-old male rider was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Jul 1996
Friday, 15:28
Vehicles
1
Honda H100S
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72577, longitude -2.75548, in the PR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longton.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604M026296
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda H100S

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    99 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda H100S)

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 199604M026296 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 1996.