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A40 crash in Camden on 1 March 1985 at 12:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A40 in Camden at 12:30 on Friday 1 March 1985. The 30-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 1985
Friday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51808, longitude -0.11553, in the WC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501EO00080
Council area
Camden
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 29 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, 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 198501EO00080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1985.