Serious A1134 crash in Cambridge on 16 December 1980 at 17:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A1134 in Cambridge at 17:30 on Tuesday 16 December 1980. The 50-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 16 Dec 1980; Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1980352221080
Council area: Cambridge
Police force: Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1134
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 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, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
50 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 50, 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 1980352221080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 1980.