Serious B5268 crash in Wyre on 14 September 2012 at 18:05 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Sym Symphony motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5268 in Wyre at 18:05 on Friday 14 September 2012. The 43-year-old male rider of the Sym Symphony motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Sep 2012
- Friday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Sym Symphony
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.8576, longitude -3.00677, in the FY6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carleton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria & Norcross, Wyre, FY5 3FT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wyre
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201204BC12177
- Council area
- Wyre
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5268
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2011.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B5268 in Wyre, 15 September 2011
1 m awayRef 201104BC11183
Serious
Yamaha MT crash on the B5268 in Wyre, 31 July 2024
2 m awayRef 2024041475414
Serious
Audi TT crash on the B5268 in Wyre, 2 June 2009
3 m awayRef 200904BC09148
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B5268 in Wyre, 10 July 2023
4 m awayRef 2023041328121
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the B5268 in Wyre, 26 November 2005
7 m awayRef 200504BC05145
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the B5268 in Wyre, 26 September 2003
7 m awayRef 200304B062703
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Sym Symphony
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Sym Symphony)
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 201204BC12177 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 2012.