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Fatal unclassified road crash in Wolverhampton WV6 on 26 November 1980 at 16:40 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wolverhampton at 16:40 on Wednesday 26 November 1980. The 57-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Nov 1980
Wednesday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59321, longitude -2.1461, in the WV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wolverhampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Wolverhampton

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19802000G2432
Council area
Wolverhampton
Police force
West Midlands

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 57, 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 19802000G2432 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wolverhampton road accident statistics for 1980.