A6 crash in Leicester on 22 December 1986 at 09:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A6 in Leicester at 09:45 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 09:45
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386C0615
Council area: Leicester
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 6
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: Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
35 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
48 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 35, 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 19863386C0615 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 1986.