Unclassified road crash in Lancaster LA4 on 10 October 2023 at 12:25 involving an Audi A5
A bicycle and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster at 12:25 on Tuesday 10 October 2023. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 2023
- Tuesday, 12:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Audi A5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.06012, longitude -2.86062, in the LA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Morecambe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westgate, Lancaster, LA3 3PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023041361675
- Council area
- Lancaster
- Police force
- Lancashire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2015.
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster, 6 September 2015
5 m awayRef 201504WB15328
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Lancaster, 7 December 2007
5 m awayRef 200704BB07204
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Lancaster, 1 July 1995
15 m awayRef 199504B026495
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster, 22 June 2018
15 m awayRef 201804WB18185
Slight
Rover Metro crash on a C road in Lancaster, 10 April 2002
15 m awayRef 200204B023602
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Lancaster, 10 July 1979
47 m awayRef 1979040BB0812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 35, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2023041361675 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 2023.