A586 crash in Blackpool on 22 December 1986 at 11:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A586 in Blackpool at 11:35 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 46-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 crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 11:35
Vehicles: 1; Bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986040AA3253
Council area: Blackpool
Police force: Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 586
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: 5124

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
Special conditions at the site: Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards: Poor or defective road surface

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
46 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 46, 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 1986040AA3253 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Blackpool road accident statistics for 1986.