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A307 crash in Elmbridge on 19 November 1985 at 17:40 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A307 in Elmbridge at 17:40 on Tuesday 19 November 1985. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 1985
Tuesday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Van and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37879, longitude -0.348, in the KT10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501VD01139
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
307
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
309

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, 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 198501VD01139 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1985.