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Serious unclassified road crash in South Cambridgeshire CB21 on 18 April 2017 at 14:40 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Cambridgeshire at 14:40 on Tuesday 18 April 2017. The 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Apr 2017
Tuesday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1791, longitude 0.22324, in the CB21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fulbourn.

Map of where the crash happened in South Cambridgeshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017350182020
Council area
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

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
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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

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 2017350182020 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Cambridgeshire road accident statistics for 2017.