B4006 crash in Swindon on 15 December 2002 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 17:50 on Sunday 15 December 2002. The 24-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2002
- Sunday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57849, longitude -1.75218, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton St Margaret. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Stratton, Swindon, SN3 4QY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200254DE75802
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 2002.
Slight
Cagiva Mito crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 28 June 2002
10 m awayRef 200254DE38202
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 21 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200054DN62300
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 20 September 2018
13 m awayRef 2018548904118
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 21 May 1988
20 m awayRef 198854DN00878
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 6 May 2018
24 m awayRef 2018544043718
Slight
Van crash on the A361 in Swindon, 10 March 1980
41 m awayRef 198054DD02820
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 24, 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 200254DE75802 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 2002.