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Serious C road crash in Crawley RH11 on 7 October 1985 at 09:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Crawley at 09:15 on Monday 7 October 1985. The 51-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 1985
Monday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12249, longitude -0.20112, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198547NA50472
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, 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 198547NA50472 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1985.