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Serious A589 crash in Lancaster on 17 December 2007 at 19:50 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Honda XR125L motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A589 in Lancaster at 19:50 on Monday 17 December 2007. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda XR125L motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 2007
Monday, 19:50
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Honda XR125L
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06765, longitude -2.84039, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bare, Lancaster, LA4 6UD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200704BB07207
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
589
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

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
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 7 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda XR125L

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda XR125L)

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 200704BB07207 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 2007.