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Serious A589 crash in Lancaster on 17 December 1996 at 09:20 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A589 in Lancaster at 09:20 on Tuesday 17 December 1996. The 62-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.03516, longitude -2.89591, in the LA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heysham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199604B061096
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
589
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, on vehicle 2 (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 199604B061096 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 1996.