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Serious C road crash in Derby DE24 on 14 February 1987 at 00:05 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Derby at 00:05 on Saturday 14 February 1987. The 33-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Feb 1987
Saturday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88773, longitude -1.43818, in the DE24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987307D00120
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, 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 1987307D00120 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Derby road accident statistics for 1987.