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Serious C road crash in Dorset BH24 on 19 February 1991 at 18:00 involving an Audi 80

A bicycle and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 18:00 on Tuesday 19 February 1991. The 68-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 24-year-old female driver of the Audi 80 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Feb 1991
Tuesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Audi 80
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84164, longitude -1.8467, in the BH24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashley Heath. The location was in the former East Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19915591C0260
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 80)

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 19915591C0260 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dorset road accident statistics for 1991.