C road crash in Tamworth B79 on 3 December 2015 at 16:33 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Tamworth at 16:33 on Thursday 3 December 2015. The 52-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2015
- Thursday, 16:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65023, longitude -1.69195, in the B79 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spital, Tamworth, B79 8PB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015210035082
- Council area
- Tamworth
- Police force
- Staffordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Staffordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2013.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on a C road in Tamworth, 24 March 2013
1 m awayRef 2013213001711
Slight
Mazda 121 crash on a C road in Tamworth, 18 August 2013
2 m awayRef 2013213004337
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on a C road in Tamworth, 19 March 1997
4 m awayRef 1997217806194
Serious
Volvo S40 crash on a C road in Tamworth, 9 June 2001
4 m awayRef 2001211410409
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on a C road in Tamworth, 17 July 1997
4 m awayRef 1997217815168
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tamworth, 28 September 1988
4 m awayRef 1988218505309
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 52, 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 2015210035082 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 2015.