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Serious A420 crash in Wiltshire on 14 May 1982 at 19:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A420 in Wiltshire at 19:45 on Friday 14 May 1982. The 12-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 May 1982
Friday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46257, longitude -2.11813, in the SN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chippenham.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198254CD01842
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
420
Road type
One way street or slip road
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, 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 198254CD01842 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 1982.