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A61 crash in Derby on 21 December 1989 at 08:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A61 in Derby at 08:30 on Thursday 21 December 1989. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1989
Thursday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92469, longitude -1.4615, in the DE21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Derby.

Map of where the crash happened in Derby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989309D01140
Council area
Derby
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
61
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
52

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 26 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 1989309D01140 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 1989.