Serious unclassified road crash in Broadland on 12 December 1980 at 12:20 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Broadland at 12:20 on Friday 12 December 1980. The 16-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 12 Dec 1980; Friday, 12:20
Vehicles: 1; Bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1980360011501
Council area: Broadland
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 16, 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 1980360011501 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1980.