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Unclassified road crash in Wyre Forest DY13 on 21 January 1985 at 17:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Wyre Forest at 17:00 on Monday 21 January 1985. The 29-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 1985
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32774, longitude -2.28756, in the DY13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stourport-on-Severn.

Map of where the crash happened in Wyre Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985220101026
Council area
Wyre Forest
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, 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 1985220101026 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wyre Forest road accident statistics for 1985.