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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA2 on 17 December 2019 at 09:20 involving a Benelli Tornado motorcycle

A Benelli Tornado motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 09:20 on Tuesday 17 December 2019. The 60-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2019
Tuesday, 09:20
Vehicles
1
Benelli Tornado
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.07396, longitude -2.71992, in the LA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Lune Valley, Lancaster, LA2 9QA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019040910478
Council area
Lancaster
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Benelli Tornado

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Benelli Tornado)

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 2019040910478 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 2019.