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Serious A683 crash in Lancaster on 30 March 2014 at 16:05 involving a Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1200 motorcycle crashed on the A683 in Lancaster at 16:05 on Sunday 30 March 2014. The 54-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Mar 2014
Sunday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX1200
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06688, longitude -2.83937, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Torrisholme, Lancaster, LA3 3AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201404BB14030
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
683
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
589

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,164 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1200)

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 201404BB14030 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 2014.