A147 crash in Norwich on 10 December 1981 at 07:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A147 in Norwich at 07:50 on Thursday 10 December 1981. The 29-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 10 Dec 1981; Thursday, 07:50
Vehicles: 1; Bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1981360011554
Council area: Norwich
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 147
Road type: Dual 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: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
29 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Female, aged 29, 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 1981360011554 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Norwich road accident statistics for 1981.