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C road crash in Swindon SN2 on 13 August 1981 at 07:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on a C road in Swindon at 07:45 on Thursday 13 August 1981. The 19-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Aug 1981
Thursday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57863, longitude -1.79835, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198154DD08351
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 198154DD08351 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 1981.