Serious B6258 crash in South Ribble on 31 March 2023 at 18:00 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle and a Honda FR-V were involved in a crash on the B6258 in South Ribble at 18:00 on Friday 31 March 2023. The 20-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Mar 2023
- Friday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SV 650 and Honda FR-V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73309, longitude -2.66272, in the PR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bamber Bridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bamber Bridge West, South Ribble, PR5 6TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023041292622
- 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
- 6258
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 2008.
Slight
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 10 June 2008
4 m awayRef 200804CM08101
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 29 November 2013
5 m awayRef 201304CL13252
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 8 December 2022
7 m awayRef 2022041252117
Serious
Car crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 2 April 2008
7 m awayRef 200804CM08057
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in South Ribble, 20 December 2023
8 m awayRef 2023041391164
Slight
Car crash on the B6258 in South Ribble, 25 November 2016
9 m awayRef 201604SA16565
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda FR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2023041292622 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 2023.