B6047 crash in Melton on 4 December 1986 at 16:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the B6047 in Melton at 16:30 on Thursday 4 December 1986. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 4 Dec 1986; Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles: 1; Bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1069
Council area: Melton
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 6047
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Fine with high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
13 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 13, 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 19863386E1069 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Melton road accident statistics for 1986.