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Serious A1185 crash in Stockton-on-Tees on 20 May 1987 at 09:00 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1185 in Stockton-on-Tees at 09:00 on Wednesday 20 May 1987. The 31-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 May 1987
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Taxi and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.61628, longitude -1.24647, in the TS23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stockton-on-Tees

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198717K200513
Council area
Stockton-on-Tees
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1185
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, 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 198717K200513 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stockton-on-Tees road accident statistics for 1987.