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Serious A4161 crash in Cardiff on 6 February 1989 at 17:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A4161 in Cardiff at 17:00 on Monday 6 February 1989. The 28-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Feb 1989
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47389, longitude -3.17786, in the CF10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardiff.

Map of where the crash happened in Cardiff

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989620C02180
Council area
Cardiff
Police force
South Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4161
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, 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 1989620C02180 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cardiff road accident statistics for 1989.