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Unclassified road crash in West Lancashire PR9 on 21 August 1983 at 11:50 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lancashire at 11:50 on Sunday 21 August 1983. The 10-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 1983
Sunday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Van and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.68167, longitude -2.917, in the PR9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banks.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983040KL0609
Council area
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, 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 1983040KL0609 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 1983.