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A604 crash in Cambridge on 9 October 1979 at 07:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A604 in Cambridge at 07:50 on Tuesday 9 October 1979. The 36-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 59-year-old female pedestrian hit by the bicycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 1979
Tuesday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21673, longitude 0.10495, in the CB3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979351146879
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, hit by vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1979351146879 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 1979.