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Serious unclassified road crash in West Lancashire WN8 on 11 January 2008 at 21:06 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in West Lancashire at 21:06 on Friday 11 January 2008. The 16-year-old male rider was seriously injured and a 16-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jan 2008
Friday, 21:06
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.55261, longitude -2.78834, in the WN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Skelmersdale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre, West Lancashire, WN8 6JX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200804CJ08003
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

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, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    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 200804CJ08003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 2008.