B266 crash in Croydon on 4 August 2015 at 21:48 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B266 in Croydon at 21:48 on Tuesday 4 August 2015. The 19-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2015
- Tuesday, 21:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40254, longitude -0.08319, in the SE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Norwood, Croydon, SE25 4AD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501ZD30650
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 266
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B266 in Croydon, 3 July 1984
At the same spotRef 198401ZN00519
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B266 in Croydon, 7 March 1998
At the same spotRef 199801ZN00140
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the B266 in Croydon, 21 April 2012
At the same spotRef 201201ZD30281
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B266 in Croydon, 25 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198701ZN00671
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B266 in Croydon, 12 August 1991
At the same spotRef 199101ZN00493
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B266 in Croydon, 14 March 2003
At the same spotRef 200301ZD00272
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- 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
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 19, 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 201501ZD30650 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2015.