Fatal B4461 crash in South Gloucestershire on 3 March 2013 at 12:45 involving a BMW 3 Series
A bicycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B4461 in South Gloucestershire at 12:45 on Sunday 3 March 2013. The 23-year-old male cyclist was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 Mar 2013
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59514, longitude -2.56588, in the BS35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013521301438
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4461
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2019.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B4461 in South Gloucestershire, 28 December 2019
12 m awayRef 2019522000409
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4461 in South Gloucestershire, 15 March 2003
24 m awayRef 2003520041734
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4461 in South Gloucestershire, 13 February 1995
106 m awayRef 19955295E0557
Slight
Car crash on the B4461 in South Gloucestershire, 23 August 1987
106 m awayRef 198752DT01468
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 24 March 1987
126 m awayRef 198752DF00515
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 25 September 1982
239 m awayRef 198252DFT1577
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 23, 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 2013521301438 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 2013.