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B195 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 5 March 1997 at 13:35 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B195 in Welwyn Hatfield at 13:35 on Wednesday 5 March 1997. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 1997
Wednesday, 13:35
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8052, longitude -0.20714, in the AL8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Welwyn Garden City.

Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974100B0075
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
195
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 29 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, 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 19974100B0075 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 1997.