Serious A38 crash in Gloucester on 18 December 2018 at 17:25 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Gloucester at 17:25 on Tuesday 18 December 2018. The 19-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83618, longitude -2.27161, in the GL2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Podsmead, Gloucester, GL2 5DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018530807201
- Council area
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 14 August 2017
9 m awayRef 2017530210962
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 24 January 1999
10 m awayRef 1999530AI0249
Slight
MG HS crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 6 July 2025
11 m awayRef 2025531616312
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 17 October 2023
12 m awayRef 2023531364468
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 18 November 2009
12 m awayRef 2009530200120
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A430 in Gloucester, 5 May 2000
12 m awayRef 2000530AI0974
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 19, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018530807201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 2018.