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Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA3 on 21 December 1993 at 10:25 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 10:25 on Tuesday 21 December 1993. The 73-year-old male cyclist and a 6-year-old male passenger on the bicycle were 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
21 Dec 1993
Tuesday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.05879, longitude -2.88526, in the LA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heysham.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199304B146493
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199304B146493 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 1993.