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A38 crash in Worcester on 8 December 1998 at 18:30 involving a Ford Sierra taxi

A Ford Sierra taxi, a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Worcester at 18:30 on Tuesday 8 December 1998. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
3
Ford Sierra and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19546, longitude -2.22233, in the WR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester.

Map of where the crash happened in Worcester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822CJ06288
Council area
Worcester
Police force
West Mercia
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 3 (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 199822CJ06288 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 1998.