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Serious A6129 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 7 August 1998 at 16:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield at 16:15 on Friday 7 August 1998. The 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 1998
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78634, longitude -0.22036, in the AL8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984100B0245
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6129
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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, 1 metre away, was a fatal crash on 2 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    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 19984100B0245 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 1998.