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Serious A683 crash in Wyre on 4 November 1997 at 15:00 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A683 in Wyre at 15:00 on Tuesday 4 November 1997. The 60-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06523, longitude -2.78639, in the LA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lancaster.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199704B073797
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
683
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, 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 199704B073797 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre road accident statistics for 1997.