A563 crash in Leicester on 29 December 1986 at 17:40 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A563 in Leicester at 17:40 on Monday 29 December 1986. The 40-year-old male cyclist 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: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1986; Monday, 17:40
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19863386E1130
Council area: Leicester
Police force: Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 563
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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
40 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Nearside

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 40, 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 19863386E1130 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.