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Serious B5312 crash in West Lancashire on 15 April 2015 at 19:20 involving a BMW S 1000 motorcycle

A BMW S 1000 motorcycle and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B5312 in West Lancashire at 19:20 on Wednesday 15 April 2015. The 38-year-old male rider of the BMW S 1000 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Apr 2015
Wednesday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
BMW S 1000 and Peugeot 206
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.54281, longitude -2.7486, in the WN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Skelmersdale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Skelmersdale South, West Lancashire, WN8 9DZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201504SB15074
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5312
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 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
577

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW S 1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW S 1000)

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 201504SB15074 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 2015.