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Serious B651 crash in St Albans on 6 December 2011 at 17:00 involving a Land Rover Range Rover

A Land Rover Range Rover and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B651 in St Albans at 17:00 on Tuesday 6 December 2011. The 22-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 2011
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Range Rover and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76515, longitude -0.32334, in the AL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Albans. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bernards Heath, St Albans, AL3 5AN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20114100F0855
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
651
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    3,628 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, 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 20114100F0855 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2011.