B1026 crash in Colchester on 29 January 2016 at 17:00 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1026 in Colchester at 17:00 on Friday 29 January 2016. The 29-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
- 29 Jan 2016
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 2008 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87198, longitude 0.87875, in the CO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9DU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420041591
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1026
- 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
- 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 3 July 2010.
Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on the B1026 in Colchester, 3 July 2010
1 m awayRef 201042I206807
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1026 in Colchester, 28 April 2015
4 m awayRef 201542I123304
Slight
Toyota Landcruiser crash on the B1026 in Colchester, 4 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016420133482
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 4 April 2023
4 m awayRef 2023421293717
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 22 March 2017
5 m awayRef 2017420166668
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B1026 in Colchester, 26 March 1992
9 m awayRef 19924200E0251
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 29, 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 2016420041591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 2016.