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Serious B585 crash in North West Leicestershire on 19 July 1985 at 15:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B585 in North West Leicestershire at 15:50 on Friday 19 July 1985. The 61-year-old male cyclist and the 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were seriously 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
Serious
Date
19 Jul 1985
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69344, longitude -1.36299, in the LE67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ellistown.

Map of where the crash happened in North West Leicestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19853385N0474
Council area
North West Leicestershire
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
585
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 19853385N0474 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North West Leicestershire road accident statistics for 1985.