Serious A4008 crash in Hertsmere on 24 December 1981 at 16:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4008 in Hertsmere at 16:30 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 50-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOQGF39
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 4008
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 50, on vehicle 2 (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 198101LOQGF39 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1981.