B6258 crash in South Ribble on 10 June 2008 at 10:04 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the B6258 in South Ribble at 10:04 on Tuesday 10 June 2008. The 36-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle and the 44-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jun 2008
- Tuesday, 10:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R1 and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73305, longitude -2.66271, in the PR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bamber Bridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bamber Bridge West, South Ribble, PR5 6TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200804CM08101
- Council area
- South Ribble
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6258
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 8 December 2022
3 m awayRef 2022041252117
Serious
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 31 March 2023
4 m awayRef 2023041292622
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 29 November 2013
9 m awayRef 201304CL13252
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 14 June 1991
10 m awayRef 1991040DG1620
Serious
Honda NT50H crash on the B6258 in Preston, 12 May 1994
10 m awayRef 199404D052694
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 13 August 1996
10 m awayRef 199604M029096
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
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 200804CM08101 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 2008.