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A46 crash in Tewkesbury on 1 December 2008 at 07:40 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A46 in Tewkesbury at 07:40 on Monday 1 December 2008. The 63-year-old male cyclist and the 26-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2008
Monday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86147, longitude -2.1218, in the GL51 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shurdington, Tewkesbury, GL51 4SL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tewkesbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008530196378
Council area
Tewkesbury
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2008530196378 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tewkesbury road accident statistics for 2008.