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Serious unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG1 on 21 December 1979 at 08:20 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 08:20 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 30-year-old male cyclist was seriously 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
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92286, longitude -0.17497, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141E1297
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, 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 19794141E1297 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 1979.