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A683 crash in Lancaster on 3 February 2002 at 15:00 involving a Toyota RAV4

A Toyota RAV4 and a Yamaha TRX 850 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A683 in Lancaster at 15:00 on Sunday 3 February 2002. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha TRX 850 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 2002
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Toyota RAV4 and Yamaha TRX 850
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.09745, longitude -2.65887, in the LA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204B008302
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
683
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 19 August 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha TRX 850

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    849 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha TRX 850)

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 200204B008302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 2002.