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Unclassified road crash in Tamworth B77 on 1 October 2012 at 19:40 involving a Seat Arosa

A Seat Arosa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tamworth at 19:40 on Monday 1 October 2012. The 19-year-old male cyclist was slightly 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
Slight
Date
1 Oct 2012
Monday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Seat Arosa and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63304, longitude -1.65525, in the B77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glascote, Tamworth, B77 4FF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012212005176
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Arosa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, 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 2012212005176 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 2012.