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Serious unclassified road crash in Buckinghamshire HP5 on 20 December 2015 at 11:00 involving a Citroen Berlingo van

A Citroen Berlingo van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Buckinghamshire at 11:00 on Sunday 20 December 2015. The 42-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 2015
Sunday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Citroen Berlingo and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69694, longitude -0.60539, in the HP5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chesham South, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1SD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Chiltern district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201543N137125
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, 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 201543N137125 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Buckinghamshire road accident statistics for 2015.