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Serious C road crash in Dundee City DD4 on 7 October 1998 at 21:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Dundee City at 21:20 on Wednesday 7 October 1998. The 59-year-old male cyclist was seriously 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
Serious
Date
7 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 21:20
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.4686, longitude -2.92188, in the DD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee.

Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199893984626C
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, 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 199893984626C in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 1998.