B6243 crash in Preston on 22 April 2013 at 13:50 involving a Hyundai Getz
A Hyundai Getz and a Honda CBR600RR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6243 in Preston at 13:50 on Monday 22 April 2013. The 27-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600RR motorcycle was 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
- 22 Apr 2013
- Monday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Getz and Honda CBR600RR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77226, longitude -2.66835, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6NN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Preston
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201304DF13039
- Council area
- Preston
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6243
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B6243 in Preston, 13 September 1984
5 m awayRef 1984040DC1260
Slight
Car crash on the B6243 in Preston, 29 August 1984
5 m awayRef 1984040DC1172
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6243 in Preston, 28 January 2000
12 m awayRef 200004D004800
Fatal
Car crash on the B6243 in Preston, 3 March 1988
12 m awayRef 1988040DB0496
Slight
Van crash on the B6243 in Preston, 26 April 1990
19 m awayRef 1990040DB1156
Slight
Car crash on the B6243 in Preston, 10 November 1988
19 m awayRef 1988040DA2872
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600RR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600RR)
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 201304DF13039 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 2013.