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B1428 crash in Huntingdonshire on 4 July 1998 at 23:45 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1428 in Huntingdonshire at 23:45 on Saturday 4 July 1998. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jul 1998
Saturday, 23:45
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22791, longitude -0.26147, in the PE19 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Neots.

Map of where the crash happened in Huntingdonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998350331198
Council area
Huntingdonshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1428
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, 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 1998350331198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Huntingdonshire road accident statistics for 1998.