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A360 crash in Wiltshire on 16 December 2008 at 06:06 involving a Citroen C5

A Citroen C5 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A360 in Wiltshire at 06:06 on Tuesday 16 December 2008. The 24-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2008
Tuesday, 06:06
Vehicles
2
Citroen C5 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19621, longitude -1.91038, in the SP3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200854EM56008
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
360
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
B
Second road number
390

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 February 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, 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 200854EM56008 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2008.