Serious B1028 crash in Colchester on 17 June 2014 at 08:25 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1028 in Colchester at 08:25 on Tuesday 17 June 2014. The 28-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jun 2014
- Tuesday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86679, longitude 0.96258, in the CO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wivenhoe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9SF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201442I197706
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1028
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 1999.
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B1028 in Colchester, 11 February 1999
6 m awayRef 19994200D0051
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1028 in Tendring, 29 November 1994
6 m awayRef 19944200D0371
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1028 in Colchester, 1 March 1992
6 m awayRef 19924200E0177
Slight
Kawasaki AR50 crash on the B1028 in Tendring, 30 August 1995
6 m awayRef 19954200D0348
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the B1028 in Colchester, 6 July 1992
6 m awayRef 19924200E0579
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1028 in Tendring, 2 November 1998
7 m awayRef 19984200D0398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,290 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 28, 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 201442I197706 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 2014.