Serious C road crash in Gloucester GL4 on 21 December 2011 at 06:00 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Gloucester at 06:00 on Wednesday 21 December 2011. The 57-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 2011
- Wednesday, 06:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85903, longitude -2.19832, in the GL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hucclecote, Gloucester, GL3 3BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011530205600
- Council area
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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 5 February 2003.
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on a C road in Gloucester, 5 February 2003
At the same spotRef 2003530AI0242
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gloucester, 17 November 1985
At the same spotRef 1985530BI0767
Slight
Rover Montego crash on a C road in Gloucester, 27 February 1994
At the same spotRef 1994530BI0361
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Gloucester, 17 March 1997
At the same spotRef 1997530BI0461
Slight
Taxi crash on a C road in Gloucester, 8 September 2004
At the same spotRef 2004530AI3233
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Gloucester, 13 May 2003
At the same spotRef 2003530AI1690
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 57, 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 2011530205600 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 2011.