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Serious A46 crash in Wychavon on 19 December 1997 at 16:40 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A46 in Wychavon at 16:40 on Friday 19 December 1997. The 53-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1997
Friday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Scania and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11878, longitude -1.93978, in the WR11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wychavon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722CM08039
Council area
Wychavon
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, 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 199722CM08039 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wychavon road accident statistics for 1997.