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Serious unclassified road crash in Braintree CM8 on 8 November 1994 at 17:30 involving a Datsun Cherry

A Datsun Cherry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 17:30 on Tuesday 8 November 1994. The 34-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 1994
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Datsun Cherry and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80454, longitude 0.63895, in the CM8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Witham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200A0529
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 16 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, 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 19944200A0529 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 1994.