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Serious A411 crash in Hertsmere on 9 January 1985 at 17:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A411 in Hertsmere at 17:30 on Wednesday 9 January 1985. The 21-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1985
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64663, longitude -0.37775, in the WD23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501SA00016
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
411
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, 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 198501SA00016 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1985.