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A417 crash in Gloucester on 24 October 1984 at 18:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A417 in Gloucester at 18:30 on Wednesday 24 October 1984. The 28-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1984
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86783, longitude -2.22361, in the GL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester.

Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1984530BI0714
Council area
Gloucester
Police force
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
417
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
417

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 slight injury crash on 12 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, 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 1984530BI0714 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 1984.