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A51 crash in Tamworth on 5 October 1979 at 12:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A51 in Tamworth at 12:50 on Friday 5 October 1979. The 17-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
5 Oct 1979
Friday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63019, longitude -1.68644, in the B77 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979219500459
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
51
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5000

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 4 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, 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 1979219500459 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 1979.