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B1408 crash in Colchester on 2 March 1981 at 09:30 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1408 in Colchester at 09:30 on Monday 2 March 1981. The 76-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 1981
Monday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88195, longitude 0.80711, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Copford.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981420050149
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1408
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, 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 1981420050149 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1981.