A46 crash in Cheltenham on 23 October 2017 at 15:15 involving a Yamaha NXC 125 motorcycle
A car and a Yamaha NXC 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A46 in Cheltenham at 15:15 on Monday 23 October 2017. The 59-year-old female rider of the Yamaha NXC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Oct 2017
- Monday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Yamaha NXC 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89786, longitude -2.07841, in the GL50 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheltenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the College, Cheltenham, GL50 1NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheltenham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017530232957
- Council area
- Cheltenham
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4015
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1999.
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 6 November 1999
2 m awayRef 1999530AI4202
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 9 August 2004
2 m awayRef 2004530AI2856
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 17 November 2013
6 m awayRef 2013530208241
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A4015 in Cheltenham, 29 August 1990
11 m awayRef 1990530AI1316
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 22 May 1996
11 m awayRef 1996530AI0655
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Cheltenham, 14 May 1985
11 m awayRef 1985530AI0253
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha NXC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 59, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha NXC 125)
- 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 2017530232957 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheltenham road accident statistics for 2017.