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C road crash in Dorset SP8 on 24 April 1997 at 15:50 involving an Austin Metro

A bicycle and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on a C road in Dorset at 15:50 on Thursday 24 April 1997. The 58-year-old female 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
24 Apr 1997
Thursday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03745, longitude -2.27436, in the SP8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. The location was in the former North Dorset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dorset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19975597D1918
Council area
Dorset
Police force
Dorset

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 slight injury crash on 14 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, on vehicle 1 (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 19975597D1918 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dorset road accident statistics for 1997.