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Serious A118 crash in Havering on 11 August 1985 at 18:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A118 in Havering at 18:00 on Sunday 11 August 1985. The 53-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Aug 1985
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58199, longitude 0.18677, in the RM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501KD00670
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
118
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, 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 198501KD00670 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1985.