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A6 crash in Preston on 4 October 1985 at 08:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A6 in Preston at 08:35 on Friday 4 October 1985. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 1985
Friday, 08:35
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80991, longitude -2.72359, in the PR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broughton.

Map of where the crash happened in Preston

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985040DC1332
Council area
Preston
Police force
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5269

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, 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 1985040DC1332 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Preston road accident statistics for 1985.