A40 crash in Camden on 29 December 1981 at 14:25 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A40 in Camden at 14:25 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 27-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 14:25
Vehicles: 2; Bicycle and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTOFC26
Council area: Camden
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 40
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Female, aged 27, 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 198101LTOFC26 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1981.