Unclassified road crash in Cornwall EX23 on 7 August 2014 at 18:50 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 18:50 on Thursday 7 August 2014. The 59-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2014
- Thursday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82918, longitude -4.51758, in the EX23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stratton, Kilkhampton & Morwenstow, Cornwall, EX23 9BL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450BU2L010
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 1984.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 7 October 1984
21 m awayRef 198450B711505
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 27 June 1994
69 m awayRef 199450B711061
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A3072 in Cornwall, 8 October 2010
78 m awayRef 201050BU2L016
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 18 April 1984
104 m awayRef 198450B310543
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 19 August 1982
104 m awayRef 198250B711011
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in Cornwall, 25 November 1980
104 m awayRef 198050B291627
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- 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
- 59 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 59, 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 201450BU2L010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cornwall road accident statistics for 2014.