B1025 crash in Colchester on 24 February 2021 at 16:37 involving a Ford Focus
A bicycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B1025 in Colchester at 16:37 on Wednesday 24 February 2021. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2021
- Wednesday, 16:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87207, longitude 0.90944, in the CO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Berechurch, Colchester, CO2 7RH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021421023744
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1025
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 29 January 2016.
Serious
Yamaha YZF R6 crash on the B1025 in Colchester, 29 January 2016
1 m awayRef 2016420041590
Slight
Car crash on the B1025 in Colchester, 24 July 2021
2 m awayRef 2021421070358
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1025 in Colchester, 23 May 2021
2 m awayRef 2021421048143
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 18 November 2020
3 m awayRef 2020420999952
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B1025 in Colchester, 27 November 2017
4 m awayRef 2017420243910
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 14 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025421628670
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 16, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2021421023744 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 2021.