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Serious A5106 crash in Wigan on 2 January 2016 at 15:34 involving a Daewoo Matiz

A Daewoo Matiz and a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5106 in Wigan at 15:34 on Saturday 2 January 2016. The 25-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jan 2016
Saturday, 15:34
Vehicles
2
Daewoo Matiz and Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.59243, longitude -2.6358, in the WN1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201606L010602
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5106
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
Dark, no street lighting
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Daewoo Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX600)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most 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 201606L010602 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wigan road accident statistics for 2016.