Serious A2 crash in Swale on 26 December 1979 at 17:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Swale at 17:15 on Wednesday 26 December 1979. The 69-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 26 Dec 1979; Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1979466209769
Council area: Swale
Police force: Kent

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 2
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
69 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 69, 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 1979466209769 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 1979.