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A136 crash in Tendring on 3 November 1997 at 16:10 involving a Ford Sierra taxi

A Ford Sierra taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A136 in Tendring at 16:10 on Monday 3 November 1997. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Nov 1997
Monday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93634, longitude 1.27713, in the CO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200D0452
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
136
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, 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 19974200D0452 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1997.