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Serious unclassified road crash in Highland IV51 on 15 August 1982 at 22:10 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Highland at 22:10 on Sunday 15 August 1982. The 19-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 1982
Sunday, 22:10
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.41285, longitude -6.19296, in the IV51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portree.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982910070142
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    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 1982910070142 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 1982.