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A617 crash in Mansfield on 29 March 1983 at 19:15 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A617 in Mansfield at 19:15 on Tuesday 29 March 1983. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 1983
Tuesday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13444, longitude -1.16876, in the NG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mansfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983312100628
Council area
Mansfield
Police force
Nottinghamshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
617
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 28 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 1983312100628 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mansfield road accident statistics for 1983.