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Serious C road crash in Hackney E8 on 24 May 2001 at 21:15 involving a Volvo 340

A bicycle and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on a C road in Hackney at 21:15 on Thursday 24 May 2001. The 31-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 junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 2001
Thursday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volvo 340
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53764, longitude -0.06091, in the E8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the London Fields, Hackney, E8 3HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101GD00523
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Auto signal part defective
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, on vehicle 1 (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 200101GD00523 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2001.