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Serious unclassified road crash in Greenwich SE2 on 29 January 1986 at 06:55 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich at 06:55 on Wednesday 29 January 1986. The 58-year-old male cyclist was seriously 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
Serious
Date
29 Jan 1986
Wednesday, 06:55
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49624, longitude 0.12115, in the SE2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601RW00053
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

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
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
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 21 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, 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 198601RW00053 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1986.