C road crash in Gloucester GL4 on 11 December 1997 at 15:10 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Gloucester at 15:10 on Thursday 11 December 1997. The 36-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 1997
- Thursday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84697, longitude -2.22612, in the GL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997530BI2425
- Council area
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, 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 1997530BI2425 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 1997.