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A65 crash in Bradford on 7 November 1979 at 08:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A65 in Bradford at 08:35 on Wednesday 7 November 1979. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 1979
Wednesday, 08:35
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.89359, longitude -1.732, in the LS29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Menston.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913B147879
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
65
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6038

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, 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 197913B147879 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1979.