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Serious C road crash in East Hertfordshire SG14 on 25 May 1983 at 17:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire at 17:15 on Wednesday 25 May 1983. The 7-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 May 1983
Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86172, longitude -0.1179, in the SG14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watton at Stone.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19834141E1097
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, on vehicle 2 (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 19834141E1097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1983.