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A5061 crash in Warrington on 16 December 1981 at 07:50 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5061 in Warrington at 07:50 on Wednesday 16 December 1981. The 56-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 1981
Wednesday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38646, longitude -2.59535, in the WA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Warrington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981071D21623
Council area
Warrington
Police force
Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5061
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1981071D21623 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1981.