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Serious C road crash in Oxford OX4 on 21 July 1979 at 17:05 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Oxford at 17:05 on Saturday 21 July 1979. The 11-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 junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jul 1979
Saturday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72067, longitude -1.20115, in the OX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943H064079
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 23 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, 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 197943H064079 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 1979.