B5242 crash in West Lancashire on 18 October 2019 at 08:25 involving a Vauxhall Omega
A Vauxhall Omega and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B5242 in West Lancashire at 08:25 on Friday 18 October 2019. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2019
- Friday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Omega and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.60365, longitude -2.90938, in the L40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lancashire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019040892070
- Council area
- West Lancashire
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Lancashire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5242
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1992.
Slight
Van crash on the B5242 in West Lancashire, 20 May 1992
11 m awayRef 1992040CH0726
Serious
Car crash on the B5242 in West Lancashire, 16 August 1983
29 m awayRef 1983040KJ0598
Slight
Van crash on the B5242 in West Lancashire, 14 May 1988
36 m awayRef 1988040CJ0735
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B5242 in West Lancashire, 4 July 1989
36 m awayRef 1989040CJ1020
Serious
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the B5242 in West Lancashire, 5 March 2002
36 m awayRef 200204C022002
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5242 in West Lancashire, 5 November 1990
36 m awayRef 1990040CJ1927
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,172 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2019040892070 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lancashire road accident statistics for 2019.