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Fatal unclassified road crash in Leeds LS3 on 18 December 1986 at 17:25 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leeds at 17:25 on Thursday 18 December 1986. The 26-year-old male cyclist was killed and the 65-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Dec 1986
Thursday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.80178, longitude -1.56421, in the LS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leeds.

Map of where the crash happened in Leeds

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198613AA31386
Council area
Leeds
Police force
West Yorkshire

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
Dark, street lights lit
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 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198613AA31386 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leeds road accident statistics for 1986.