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A59 crash in South Ribble on 5 May 2004 at 08:00 involving a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle

A Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle crashed on the A59 in South Ribble at 08:00 on Wednesday 5 May 2004. The 44-year-old female rider and a 13-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 2004
Wednesday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha FZS 600
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70717, longitude -2.79532, in the PR4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoole, South Ribble, PR4 5RB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404C036704
Council area
South Ribble
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
36%
Estimated chance it was slight
64%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZS 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 600)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 600)

    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 200404C036704 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 2004.