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Serious M55 crash in Preston on 18 September 2011 at 12:30 involving a Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle

A Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle, two cars and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on the M55 in Preston at 12:30 on Sunday 18 September 2011. The 46-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle was seriously injured and the 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Puma was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 2011
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
4
Honda CB600 Hornet and 3 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80123, longitude -2.71728, in the PR3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greyfriars, Preston, PR2 3LX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201104DR11082
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
55
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
6

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB600 Hornet

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB600 Hornet)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Puma)

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 201104DR11082 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 2011.