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B6535 crash in Hyndburn on 24 November 1998 at 16:53 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6535 in Hyndburn at 16:53 on Tuesday 24 November 1998. The 39-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Nov 1998
Tuesday, 16:53
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78987, longitude -2.39719, in the BB6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Harwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Hyndburn

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804E114798
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6535
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199804E114798 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 1998.