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Serious C road crash in Newport NP20 on 23 April 1996 at 09:15 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on a C road in Newport at 09:15 on Tuesday 23 April 1996. The 47-year-old male cyclist and a 7-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Apr 1996
Tuesday, 09:15
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59459, longitude -2.99966, in the NP20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newport.

Map of where the crash happened in Newport

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996610039696
Council area
Newport
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, cyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 1996610039696 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newport road accident statistics for 1996.