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Serious unclassified road crash in Cambridge CB4 on 1 December 2020 at 16:00 involving a Ford Transit Connect van

A Ford Transit Connect van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cambridge at 16:00 on Tuesday 1 December 2020. The male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 2020
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit Connect and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2289, longitude 0.11883, in the CB4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Histon & Impington, South Cambridgeshire, CB4 2GS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cambridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020351003443
Council area
Cambridge
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Cambridgeshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas bi-fuel
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2020351003443 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cambridge road accident statistics for 2020.