A133 crash in Colchester on 10 January 2017 at 19:16 involving a Ford C-Max
A bicycle and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A133 in Colchester at 19:16 on Tuesday 10 January 2017. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2017
- Tuesday, 19:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford C-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89736, longitude 0.89506, in the CO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Colchester, CO1 1UX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420143891
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 133
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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 30 July 2023.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A133 in Colchester, 30 July 2023
1 m awayRef 2023421335510
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A133 in Colchester, 9 August 2012
2 m awayRef 201242I245608
Slight
Car crash on the A133 in Colchester, 10 April 2012
2 m awayRef 201242I111804
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A133 in Colchester, 13 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025421589154
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A133 in Colchester, 8 March 1999
2 m awayRef 19994200E0113
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A133 in Colchester, 3 September 2002
2 m awayRef 20024200E0365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 26, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017420143891 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 2017.