A1009 crash in Redbridge on 23 December 1980 at 12:40 involving a bicycle

Two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A1009 in Redbridge at 12:40 on Tuesday 23 December 1980. The 11-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1980; Tuesday, 12:40
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198001LNMID45
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1009
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
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 198001LNMID45 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1980.