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B5238 crash in Wigan on 28 December 1997 at 17:37 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B5238 in Wigan at 17:37 on Sunday 28 December 1997. The 24-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1997
Sunday, 17:37
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.53111, longitude -2.64279, in the WN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wigan.

Map of where the crash happened in Wigan

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199706L1808D7
Council area
Wigan
Police force
Greater Manchester

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5238
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
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 16 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, 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 199706L1808D7 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wigan road accident statistics for 1997.