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Serious unclassified road crash in Colchester CO5 on 23 July 2003 at 14:30 involving a Peugeot Trekker motorcycle

A bicycle and a Peugeot Trekker motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Colchester at 14:30 on Wednesday 23 July 2003. The 18-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Trekker motorcycle was seriously injured and the 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
Serious
Date
23 Jul 2003
Wednesday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Peugeot Trekker
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81722, longitude 0.75045, in the CO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tiptree. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200E0374
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot Trekker

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Trekker)

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 20034200E0374 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 2003.