A44 crash in Cotswold on 25 July 2014 at 13:51 involving a Lambretta motorcycle
A Lambretta motorcycle and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A44 in Cotswold at 13:51 on Friday 25 July 2014. The 49-year-old male rider of the Lambretta motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2014
- Friday, 13:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lambretta and Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99085, longitude -1.7456, in the GL56 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014530208874
- Council area
- Cotswold
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 44
- 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
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2008.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A44 in Cotswold, 15 December 2008
34 m awayRef 2008530196737
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A44 in Cotswold, 9 December 2018
41 m awayRef 2018530803904
Serious
Van crash on the A44 in Cotswold, 28 August 1979
42 m awayRef 1979530NI0548
Serious
John Deere crash on the A44 in Cotswold, 30 June 1999
68 m awayRef 1999530AI2518
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A44 in Cotswold, 13 May 1987
70 m awayRef 1987530AI0267
Slight
Car crash on the A44 in Cotswold, 30 July 1982
70 m awayRef 1982530AI0537
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lambretta
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 150 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 50 years
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,705 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Lambretta)
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 2014530208874 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cotswold road accident statistics for 2014.