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Fatal A30 crash in Spelthorne on 18 July 1986 at 06:00 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 06:00 on Friday 18 July 1986. The 57-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Jul 1986
Friday, 06:00
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44648, longitude -0.45824, in the TW14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601TG00323
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 57, 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 198601TG00323 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 1986.