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Serious unclassified road crash in Peterborough PE1 on 6 December 2020 at 17:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Peterborough at 17:30 on Sunday 6 December 2020. The 44-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 2020
Sunday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.59007, longitude -0.25211, in the PE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the North, Peterborough, PE1 2LR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Peterborough

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020351006334
Council area
Peterborough
Police force
Cambridgeshire
Police attended the scene
No

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, on vehicle 1 (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 2020351006334 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Peterborough road accident statistics for 2020.