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Unclassified road crash in Warwick CV34 on 8 December 1998 at 16:50 involving a Ford Escort taxi

A Ford Escort taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Warwick at 16:50 on Tuesday 8 December 1998. The 39-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26991, longitude -1.55798, in the CV34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Warwick

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998239802164
Council area
Warwick
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
A
Second road number
452

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, 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 1998239802164 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warwick road accident statistics for 1998.