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B6535 crash in Hyndburn on 15 May 2017 at 17:30 involving a Keeway Superlight motorcycle

A Keeway Superlight motorcycle crashed on the B6535 in Hyndburn at 17:30 on Monday 15 May 2017. The 20-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 May 2017
Monday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Keeway Superlight
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79161, longitude -2.39084, in the BB6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Netherton, Hyndburn, BB6 7TR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201704ED17167
Council area
Hyndburn
Police force
Lancashire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6535
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Raining, 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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Keeway Superlight

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Keeway Superlight)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 201704ED17167 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hyndburn road accident statistics for 2017.