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Serious A676 crash in Rossendale on 20 February 2003 at 21:20 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle crashed on the A676 in Rossendale at 21:20 on Thursday 20 February 2003. The 39-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Feb 2003
Thursday, 21:20
Vehicles
1
Aprilia
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.6688, longitude -2.30434, in the BL0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edenfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenfield & Eden, Rossendale, BL0 0LS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rossendale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200304F013403
Council area
Rossendale
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
676
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
680

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
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

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 200304F013403 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rossendale road accident statistics for 2003.