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Serious A107 crash in Hackney on 21 August 1997 at 19:40 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A bicycle and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A107 in Hackney at 19:40 on Thursday 21 August 1997. The 21-year-old male 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
21 Aug 1997
Thursday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57039, longitude -0.06416, in the E5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701GN00428
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
107
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 12 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, 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 199701GN00428 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1997.