A MOTORCYCLIST who died in a collision on a country road had a video camera attached to his bike which filmed the final moments before his accident.

Dean Walkden, from Haslingden, died at the scene on Fell Road, at the junction of Mill Lane, Waddington, in the Ribble Valley on July 24.

An inquest at Clitheroe Town Hall heard the 39-year-old had been riding his Kawasaki motorcycle alongside friend and fellow bike enthusiast David Morley between Waddington and Slaidburn.

Minutes before the accident, the pair had pulled over in Waddington, where Mr Walkden had attached his phone to a custom-made bracket on his motorcycle in order to film his friend on the journey ahead.

PC Stephen Burgess, who led the police investigation, stressed that the bracket and phone would not have been a contributing factor in the incident and there was no evidence that speed was an issue.

PC Burgess said the phone had been recovered from a ditch and the video footage had been painstakingly retrieved by the force’s technology department.

Mr Morley said they often travelled on the roads around Ribble Valley and the conditions were dry and sunny.

Mr Morley, who was travelling in front of Mr Walkden, said he had noticed a silver Mondeo car, ahead of the pair travelling in the same direction on a straight section of road.

He said he had seen the car slow down and indicate to turn right so he slowed, only to see Mr Walkden’s bike go past and move to the outside, as if to overtake.

A “split-second” later the collision occurred, spinning the car round.

Mr Walkden, a sheet-metal worker, who lived in Heys Street, was thrown from his machine.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The footage showed the silver Mondeo was indicating to turn right just before the impact.

PC Burgess, said: “The conclusion of our investigation was that Mr Walkden failed to appreciate the intentions of the Ford Mondeo and attempted to overtake when it was unsafe to do so.”

The inquest heard there were no road signs or changes to road markings to indicate a junction on the stretch of road in question.

Mr Walkden, who worked at East Lancashire Fabrications in Accrington, also ran a DJ company called Platinum Presentations.

He often DJed at The Plough, Oswaldtwistle, The Masons, Ramsbottom, The Queens, Rawtenstall, The Roebuck and The Commercial, in Haslingden.

Recording a verdict of accidental death, Blackburn and Ribble Valley coroner Michael Singleton said he would send a report to the relevant highways authorities about road signs and markings on the road, a move which police said would be welcomed.