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Serious A164 crash in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 18 May 1979 at 16:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A164 in the East Riding of Yorkshire at 16:00 on Friday 18 May 1979. The 38-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 May 1979
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.00537, longitude -0.43971, in the YO25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Driffield.

Map of where the crash happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197916J050233
Council area
East Riding of Yorkshire
Police force
Humberside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
164
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
166

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 38, 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 197916J050233 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Riding of Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1979.