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Serious A2044 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 7 May 1979 at 22:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A2044 in Reigate and Banstead at 22:35 on Monday 7 May 1979. The 17-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 May 1979
Monday, 22:35
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22084, longitude -0.18726, in the RH2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945BD00166
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2044
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
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 8 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 197945BD00166 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 1979.