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Unclassified road crash in Broxbourne EN11 on 7 June 1979 at 09:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Broxbourne at 09:35 on Thursday 7 June 1979. The 13-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
7 Jun 1979
Thursday, 09:35
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75577, longitude -0.01799, in the EN11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141A3038
Council area
Broxbourne
Police force
Hertfordshire

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside

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 19794141A3038 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1979.