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Serious A561 crash in Liverpool on 15 October 2014 at 21:50 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle crashed on the A561 in Liverpool at 21:50 on Wednesday 15 October 2014. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Oct 2014
Wednesday, 21:50
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF R125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37913, longitude -2.94918, in the L17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sefton Park, Liverpool, L17 4JH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201405FF05002
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
561
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)

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 201405FF05002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Liverpool road accident statistics for 2014.