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Serious M61 crash in Chorley on 3 October 2011 at 21:15 involving a Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SFV 650 motorcycle crashed on the M61 in Chorley at 21:15 on Monday 3 October 2011. The 44-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 2011
Monday, 21:15
Vehicles
1
Suzuki SFV 650
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.66971, longitude -2.62386, in the PR6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorley North & Astley, Chorley, PR6 7DE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chorley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201104TA11162
Council area
Chorley
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
61
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
61

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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SFV 650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SFV 650)

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 201104TA11162 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chorley road accident statistics for 2011.