Serious A6 crash in South Ribble on 1 November 2017 at 15:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in South Ribble at 15:30 on Wednesday 1 November 2017. The 51-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.72196, longitude -2.67342, in the PR5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bamber Bridge West, South Ribble, PR5 6JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Ribble
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201704SA17465
- Council area
- South Ribble
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 1 October 2018
10 m awayRef 201804SA18414
Serious
Citroen Xantia crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 17 February 2006
14 m awayRef 200604CM06019
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 16 June 2005
20 m awayRef 200504CM05029
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 22 March 2006
20 m awayRef 200604CM06033
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 22 August 2008
20 m awayRef 200804CM08157
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A6 in South Ribble, 25 June 2009
20 m awayRef 200904CM09088
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 51, 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 201704SA17465 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Ribble road accident statistics for 2017.