Serious B1014 crash in Castle Point on 28 December 1986 at 16:25 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the B1014 in Castle Point at 16:25 on Sunday 28 December 1986. The 13-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, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 28 Dec 1986; Sunday, 16:25
Vehicles: 1; Bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 19864200B1082
Council area: Castle Point
Police force: Essex

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 1014
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
13 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 13, 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 19864200B1082 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 1986.