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Serious unclassified road crash in Fylde PR4 on 24 August 2004 at 16:40 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fylde at 16:40 on Tuesday 24 August 2004. The 22-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Aug 2004
Tuesday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSXR 600 and Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78222, longitude -2.87338, in the PR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkham, Fylde, PR4 2TY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404A048604
Council area
Fylde
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 600)

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 200404A048604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fylde road accident statistics for 2004.