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Serious unclassified road crash in Cherwell OX16 on 20 December 1990 at 17:05 involving a Bedford Car-Derived Van

A Bedford Car-Derived Van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cherwell at 17:05 on Thursday 20 December 1990. The 54-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1990
Thursday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Bedford Car-Derived Van and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05424, longitude -1.34806, in the OX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043B090120
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford Car-Derived Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, 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 199043B090120 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cherwell road accident statistics for 1990.