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A667 crash in Bury on 16 August 1997 at 21:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A667 in Bury at 21:35 on Saturday 16 August 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, the 22-year-old male rider of the Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle and a 24-year-old male passenger on the Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 1997
Saturday, 21:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Suzuki TL 1000
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54821, longitude -2.3255, in the M26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Radcliffe.

Map of where the crash happened in Bury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199706N047797
Council area
Bury
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
667
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 30 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki TL 1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki TL 1000)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki TL 1000)

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 199706N047797 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bury road accident statistics for 1997.