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Unclassified road crash in North Hertfordshire SG6 on 6 March 1979 at 19:05 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Hertfordshire at 19:05 on Tuesday 6 March 1979. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 1979
Tuesday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99014, longitude -0.22321, in the SG6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Letchworth.

Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794141E2090
Council area
North Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (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 19794141E2090 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1979.