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Serious unclassified road crash in Westmorland and Furness LA13 on 31 January 2025 at 18:10 involving a Yamaha Ybr motorcycle

A Yamaha Ybr motorcycle and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Westmorland and Furness at 18:10 on Friday 31 January 2025. The 41-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jan 2025
Friday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Yamaha Ybr and Ford Kuga
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.11851, longitude -3.19199, in the LA13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barrow-in-Furness. It is one of the crashes that make up the Risedale and Roosecote, Westmorland and Furness, LA13 0JG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Barrow-in-Furness district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025031549250
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga

    Car

    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

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 2025031549250 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westmorland and Furness road accident statistics for 2025.