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A583 crash in Preston on 22 November 2013 at 17:15 involving a Suzuki DR Z400 motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki DR Z400 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A583 in Preston at 17:15 on Friday 22 November 2013. The 49-year-old male rider of the Suzuki DR Z400 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 2013
Friday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki DR Z400
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.76275, longitude -2.72785, in the PR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Preston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashton, Preston, PR2 1ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201304DL13099
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
583
Road type
Dual 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 13 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki DR Z400

    Motorcycle 125cc to 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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki DR Z400)

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 201304DL13099 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.