B5257 crash in South Ribble on 1 December 2016 at 17:00 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5257 in South Ribble at 17:00 on Thursday 1 December 2016. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72794, longitude -2.67733, in the PR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bamber Bridge.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201604SA16557
- Council area
- South Ribble
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5257
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- B
- Second road number
- 5257
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble, 13 November 2014
17 m awayRef 201404SA14092
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble, 10 November 2006
20 m awayRef 200604CM06200
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B5257 in South Ribble, 17 August 1984
40 m awayRef 1984040JH1252
Serious
Citroen C15 crash on the B5257 in South Ribble, 19 April 1996
40 m awayRef 199604M014296
Slight
Car crash on the B5257 in South Ribble, 28 June 1991
40 m awayRef 1991040DG1710
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B5257 in South Ribble, 8 February 1989
51 m awayRef 1989040DG0303
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 201604SA16557 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2016.