A1158 crash in Southend-on-Sea on 19 May 2021 at 17:35 involving a BMW 3 Series
A bicycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea at 17:35 on Wednesday 19 May 2021. The 20-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2021
- Wednesday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55274, longitude 0.67831, in the SS0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southend-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westborough, Southend-on-Sea, SS0 9SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southend-on-Sea
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021421047022
- Council area
- Southend-on-Sea
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1158
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea, 2 June 2010
9 m awayRef 201042I169806
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea, 31 August 2010
13 m awayRef 201042I278708
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea, 8 August 1991
21 m awayRef 19914200H0651
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea, 21 November 2025
27 m awayRef 2025421671821
Serious
Car crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea, 19 January 1982
45 m awayRef 1982420080020
Slight
Car crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea, 30 October 1979
45 m awayRef 1979420080535
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 20, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021421047022 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southend-on-Sea road accident statistics for 2021.