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A195 crash in Sunderland on 9 January 1997 at 17:44 involving a Volvo 480

A Volvo 480 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A195 in Sunderland at 17:44 on Thursday 9 January 1997. The 55-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 1997
Thursday, 17:44
Vehicles
2
Volvo 480 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.89881, longitude -1.50816, in the NE38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sunderland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199710O000697
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
195
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 480

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, 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 199710O000697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 1997.