B376 crash in Windsor and Maidenhead on 12 April 1979 at 22:55 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B376 in Windsor and Maidenhead at 22:55 on Thursday 12 April 1979. The 20-year-old female cyclist and an 18-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 1979
- Thursday, 22:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48416, longitude -0.58025, in the SL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Datchet.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197943C046049
- Council area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 376
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2014.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Windsor and Maidenhead, 8 February 2014
6 m awayRef 201443R051024
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the B376 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 27 January 2023
13 m awayRef 2023430042341
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B376 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 12 July 1999
14 m awayRef 199943R131079
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B376 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 6 September 1995
14 m awayRef 199543R027095
Slight
Van crash on the B470 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 3 August 1987
22 m awayRef 198743C004087
Slight
Car crash on the B470 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 17 January 1986
22 m awayRef 198643C072016
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
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 20, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 197943C046049 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Windsor and Maidenhead road accident statistics for 1979.