Serious B6243 crash in Preston on 29 October 2013 at 17:25 involving a Kia Rio
A Kia Rio and a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B6243 in Preston at 17:25 on Tuesday 29 October 2013. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Oct 2013
- Tuesday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Rio and Yamaha Ybr 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.77159, longitude -2.66945, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201304DF13119
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 January 1994.
Serious
Datsun Sunny crash on the B6243 in Preston, 24 January 1994
4 m awayRef 199404L007294
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B6243 in Preston, 2 November 1999
4 m awayRef 199904D062999
Serious
Car crash on the B6243 in Preston, 12 June 1986
4 m awayRef 1986040DB1029
Serious
Yamaha Jog R crash on the B6243 in Preston, 5 February 2003
4 m awayRef 200304D006903
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B6243 in Preston, 4 May 1989
4 m awayRef 1989040DB1072
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6243 in Preston, 7 October 2002
4 m awayRef 200204D054002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
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 201304DF13119 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.