Police appealing for witnesses following Blackburn crash
Motorcyclist left in a critical condition
Last updated 21st Dec 2023
Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a collision in Blackburn which left a motorcyclist with potentially life-threatening injuries.
Officers were called to Livesey Branch Road at 1.28pm yesterday (20th of December 2023) to reports of a collision involving a Suzuki RM 125 motorbike and a Vauxhall Insignia.
The Suzuki rider – a man in his 20s from Blackburn – was taken to hospital with head and leg injuries. He remains there in a critical but stable condition.
The driver of the car was not injured.
Nobody has been arrested.
DC Joseph Ghigi, of our Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This collision has left a man with life-threatening injuries and my thoughts are with him at this time.
“Work is ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the collision and I would ask any witnesses or anybody with dashcam or CCTV footage which captured the incident to contact the police as soon as possible.”
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