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Serious unclassified road crash in Wyre PR3 on 13 March 2016 at 15:15 involving a Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle

A Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Wyre at 15:15 on Sunday 13 March 2016. The 53-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Mar 2016
Sunday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Triumph Sprint ST
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89276, longitude -2.83825, in the PR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201604WD16079
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Sprint ST

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    955 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Sprint ST)

    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 201604WD16079 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 2016.