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Serious B5375 crash in Wigan on 31 March 2024 at 13:25 involving a Yamaha Tracer motorcycle

A car and a Yamaha Tracer motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B5375 in Wigan at 13:25 on Sunday 31 March 2024. The 54-year-old female rider of the Yamaha Tracer motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 2024
Sunday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Yamaha Tracer
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.57197, longitude -2.68542, in the WN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shevington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor, Wigan, WN6 8BQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024061436983
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5375
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 28 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha Tracer

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    689 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Tracer)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

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 2024061436983 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 2024.