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Serious A1303 crash in Cambridge on 9 February 1990 at 07:35 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1303 in Cambridge at 07:35 on Friday 9 February 1990. The 60-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 1990
Friday, 07:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21445, longitude 0.12665, in the CB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990352038690
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1303
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Daylight
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 5 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,093 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, 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 1990352038690 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 1990.