Unclassified road crash in Brent on 25 December 1979 at 16:55 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Brent at 16:55 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPQLW87
Council area: Brent
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 18, 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 197901LPQLW87 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 1979.