A28 crash in Ashford on 29 December 1986 at 10:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A28 in Ashford at 10:45 on Monday 29 December 1986. The 9-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1986; Monday, 10:45
Vehicles: 1; Bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986464112496
Council area: Ashford
Police force: Kent

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 28
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
9 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 9, 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 1986464112496 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ashford road accident statistics for 1986.