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Unclassified road crash in Cannock Chase WS15 on 15 December 2012 at 08:05 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Cannock Chase at 08:05 on Saturday 15 December 2012. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2012
Saturday, 08:05
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.75139, longitude -1.93996, in the WS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugeley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Western Springs, Cannock Chase, WS15 1LE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cannock Chase

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012212006768
Council area
Cannock Chase
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, on vehicle 1 (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 2012212006768 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cannock Chase road accident statistics for 2012.