Fatal C road crash in Swindon SN1 on 13 December 2007 at 16:05 involving a Lexus IS200
A Lexus IS200 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Swindon at 16:05 on Thursday 13 December 2007. The 34-year-old male cyclist was killed and the 30-year-old male driver of the Lexus IS200 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 13 Dec 2007
- Thursday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexus IS200 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55823, longitude -1.7797, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadgreen, Swindon, SN1 2BN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200754DC56307
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 23 June 1979
At the same spotRef 197954DD06979
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Swindon, 27 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198854DS03638
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Swindon, 3 March 1988
At the same spotRef 198854DS00628
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Swindon, 23 October 1986
At the same spotRef 198654DS11536
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Swindon, 24 October 1986
At the same spotRef 198654DS11626
Slight
Dennis crash on a C road in Swindon, 6 March 2008
At the same spotRef 200854DC09608
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexus IS200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus IS200)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 34, 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 200754DC56307 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 2007.