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C road crash in Crawley RH10 on 31 January 1995 at 19:35 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Crawley at 19:35 on Tuesday 31 January 1995. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1995
Tuesday, 19:35
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 190 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13865, longitude -0.16447, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199547NA50063
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, 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 199547NA50063 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1995.