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Serious A675 crash in Blackburn with Darwen on 2 October 2015 at 08:00 involving a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle crashed on the A675 in Blackburn with Darwen at 08:00 on Friday 2 October 2015. The 31-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Oct 2015
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX636
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67427, longitude -2.51736, in the PR6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Blackburn with Darwen

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201504ED15445
Council area
Blackburn with Darwen
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
675
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
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, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 3 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX636

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    636 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX636)

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 201504ED15445 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blackburn with Darwen road accident statistics for 2015.