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A6 crash in Lancaster on 21 July 1982 at 17:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A6 in Lancaster at 17:00 on Wednesday 21 July 1982. The 18-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 1982
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05541, longitude -2.80224, in the LA1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982040BA1007
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, on vehicle 1 (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 1982040BA1007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 1982.