Unclassified road crash in St Albans AL4 on 11 November 2013 at 17:25 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in St Albans at 17:25 on Monday 11 November 2013. The 40-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Nov 2013
- Monday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74425, longitude -0.3021, in the AL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Albans. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hill End, St Albans, AL4 0UA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20134100F0778
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in St Albans, 31 January 2005
10 m awayRef 20054100F4161
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on an unclassified road in St Albans, 25 May 2016
10 m awayRef 2016410080498
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on a C road in St Albans, 20 April 2006
10 m awayRef 20064100F4291
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in St Albans, 20 October 1987
36 m awayRef 19874141B1253
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in St Albans, 9 August 1988
36 m awayRef 19884141B1206
Slight
Car crash on a C road in St Albans, 25 June 1981
36 m awayRef 19814141F1191
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, 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 20134100F0778 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 2013.