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A5072 crash in Preston on 24 March 2004 at 17:11 involving a Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle

A car and a Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5072 in Preston at 17:11 on Wednesday 24 March 2004. The 32-year-old male rider of the Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2004
Wednesday, 17:11
Vehicles
2
Car and Piaggio New Skipper
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.75709, longitude -2.71815, in the PR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, Preston, PR1 8SQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200404D016104
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio New Skipper

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio New Skipper)

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 200404D016104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Preston road accident statistics for 2004.