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Serious C road crash in Waltham Forest E17 on 14 April 1998 at 14:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Waltham Forest at 14:45 on Tuesday 14 April 1998. The 27-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Apr 1998
Tuesday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59364, longitude -0.03458, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801JC00155
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
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 17 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 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
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, 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 199801JC00155 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 1998.