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Fatal unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO5 on 11 April 1992 at 10:52 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 10:52 on Saturday 11 April 1992. The 81-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Apr 1992
Saturday, 10:52
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78665, longitude -1.07659, in the PO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992440VS0126
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
2154

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 8 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 81, 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 1992440VS0126 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Portsmouth road accident statistics for 1992.