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Unclassified road crash in Crawley RH11 on 6 November 1997 at 15:15 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Crawley at 15:15 on Thursday 6 November 1997. The 10-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Nov 1997
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1102, longitude -0.22102, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747NA70748
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 April 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, 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 199747NA70748 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 1997.