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B1140 crash in Great Yarmouth on 12 October 1985 at 22:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the B1140 in Great Yarmouth at 22:45 on Saturday 12 October 1985. The 50-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1985
Saturday, 22:45
Vehicles
3
Bicycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57059, longitude 1.56059, in the NR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Great Yarmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985360021856
Council area
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 151 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, 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 1985360021856 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Great Yarmouth road accident statistics for 1985.