Fatal B4337 crash in Ceredigion on 14 August 2006 at 20:44 involving a bicycle
A bicycle crashed on the B4337 in Ceredigion at 20:44 on Monday 14 August 2006. The 16-year-old male cyclist was killed and a 45-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 14 Aug 2006
- Monday, 20:44
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22086, longitude -4.13293, in the SA48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200663BC14906
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4337
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 252 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2005.
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 23 April 2005
252 m awayRef 200563BC08605
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 7 December 2004
269 m awayRef 200463BC28104
Serious
John Deere crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 27 August 2005
283 m awayRef 200563BC22705
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 29 January 2008
475 m awayRef 200863BC00408
Slight
Car crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 22 November 1983
600 m awayRef 19836383B0454
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4337 in Ceredigion, 13 November 1994
648 m awayRef 199463B547694
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 45, cyclist, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 16, 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 200663BC14906 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2006.