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A140 crash in Broadland on 6 April 1985 at 10:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A140 in Broadland at 10:00 on Saturday 6 April 1985. The 80-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 1985
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74378, longitude 1.26215, in the NR10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Broadland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360020526
Council area
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, 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 1985360020526 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1985.