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A487 crash in Ceredigion on 12 February 1997 at 17:10 involving a Mazda 121

A Mazda 121 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A487 in Ceredigion at 17:10 on Wednesday 12 February 1997. The 21-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1997
Wednesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Mazda 121 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41704, longitude -4.07027, in the SY23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberystwyth.

Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199763B504697
Council area
Ceredigion
Police force
Dyfed-Powys

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
487
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 121

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, 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 199763B504697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 1997.