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Serious C road crash in Charnwood LE4 on 8 November 1983 at 16:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in Charnwood at 16:30 on Tuesday 8 November 1983. A 76-year-old female pedestrian was seriously 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
8 Nov 1983
Tuesday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67323, longitude -1.10196, in the LE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thurmaston.

Map of where the crash happened in Charnwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19833383E0909
Council area
Charnwood
Police force
Leicestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 19833383E0909 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Charnwood road accident statistics for 1983.