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Serious A587 crash in Wyre on 4 February 1999 at 08:30 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

A car and an Aprilia motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A587 in Wyre at 08:30 on Thursday 4 February 1999. The 17-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Feb 1999
Thursday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Aprilia
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9175, longitude -3.03135, in the FY7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fleetwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199904B017599
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
587
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Aprilia

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199904B017599 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 1999.