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Fatal C road crash in North Hertfordshire SG9 on 29 October 1989 at 23:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in North Hertfordshire at 23:00 on Sunday 29 October 1989. An 83-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Oct 1989
Sunday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99147, longitude -0.07896, in the SG9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19894141E5054
Council area
North Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 19894141E5054 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1989.