Unclassified road crash in Worcester WR4 on 2 November 1979 at 06:50 involving a bicycle
A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Worcester at 06:50 on Friday 2 November 1979. The 60-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 1979
- Friday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20864, longitude -2.18771, in the WR4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester.
Map of where the crash happened in Worcester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979220311006
- Council area
- Worcester
- Police force
- West Mercia
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 60, 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 1979220311006 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 1979.