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Serious unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR1 on 24 April 1982 at 11:52 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 11:52 on Saturday 24 April 1982. A 75-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 77-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Apr 1982
Saturday, 11:52
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.26677, longitude -5.05121, in the TR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Truro.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198250A410690
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198250A410690 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cornwall road accident statistics for 1982.