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Unclassified road crash in North East Lincolnshire DN31 on 3 October 1997 at 20:28 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North East Lincolnshire at 20:28 on Friday 3 October 1997. The 50-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 1997
Friday, 20:28
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.574, longitude -0.06521, in the DN31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grimsby.

Map of where the crash happened in North East Lincolnshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199716A330511
Council area
North East Lincolnshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
180

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, 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 199716A330511 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North East Lincolnshire road accident statistics for 1997.