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Serious A435 crash in Redditch on 13 November 1998 at 17:33 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A435 in Redditch at 17:33 on Friday 13 November 1998. The 52-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Nov 1998
Friday, 17:33
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31885, longitude -1.86777, in the B98 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Redditch

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822BT03214
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
435
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4480

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, 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 199822BT03214 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 1998.