Unclassified road crash in Leicester on 26 December 1986 at 20:15 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Leicester at 20:15 on Friday 26 December 1986. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 1986; Friday, 20:15
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386C0624
Council area: Leicester
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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: 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
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
34 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 16, 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 19863386C0624 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.