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Serious M6 crash in South Ribble on 26 August 2002 at 16:35 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle crashed on the M6 in South Ribble at 16:35 on Monday 26 August 2002. The 47-year-old male rider and a 44-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 2002
Monday, 16:35
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68026, longitude -2.68368, in the PR25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckshaw & Worden, South Ribble, PR25 3DE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200204C082802
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 22 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,520 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200204C082802 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 2002.