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Unclassified road crash in Wyre FY7 on 22 October 1998 at 18:30 involving a Proton Proton

A Proton Proton and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wyre at 18:30 on Thursday 22 October 1998. The 5-year-old male 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1998
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Proton Proton and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.91161, longitude -3.02601, in the FY7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fleetwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804B066598
Council area
Wyre
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, 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 199804B066598 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 1998.