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A31 crash in Test Valley on 21 July 1980 at 16:05 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A31 in Test Valley at 16:05 on Monday 21 July 1980. The 10-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 1980
Monday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0087, longitude -1.45262, in the SO51 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980440DC0170
Council area
Test Valley
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, 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 1980440DC0170 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Test Valley road accident statistics for 1980.