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B6241 crash in Ribble Valley on 10 September 1998 at 19:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A bicycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B6241 in Ribble Valley at 19:25 on Thursday 10 September 1998. The 12-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 1998
Thursday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.78449, longitude -2.75092, in the PR2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ribble Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199804D057398
Council area
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6241
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 unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, on vehicle 1 (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 199804D057398 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ribble Valley road accident statistics for 1998.