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Fatal B2175 crash in Gravesham on 4 October 1987 at 19:11 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B2175 in Gravesham at 19:11 on Sunday 4 October 1987. The 67-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Oct 1987
Sunday, 19:11
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43006, longitude 0.3333, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northfleet.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987463108407
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2175
Road type
Dual 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 67, 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 1987463108407 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gravesham road accident statistics for 1987.