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Serious A604 crash in Colchester on 3 October 2002 at 16:30 involving a Mazda 626

A bicycle and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the A604 in Colchester at 16:30 on Thursday 3 October 2002. The 72-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 2002
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Mazda 626
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89707, longitude 0.81972, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eight Ash Green.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024200E0427
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 20 metres away, was a fatal crash on 25 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    72 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, 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 20024200E0427 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 2002.