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Serious unclassified road crash in Sunderland SR5 on 28 September 2005 at 20:41 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Sunderland at 20:41 on Wednesday 28 September 2005. The 48-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Sep 2005
Wednesday, 20:41
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.91841, longitude -1.40416, in the SR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunderland. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 2DR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005100753205
Council area
Sunderland
Police force
Northumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, 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 2005100753205 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sunderland road accident statistics for 2005.