Serious unclassified road crash in Elmbridge KT11 on 12 May 2021 at 21:39 involving a Smart Fortwo
A Smart Fortwo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge at 21:39 on Wednesday 12 May 2021. The 43-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 May 2021
- Wednesday, 21:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Smart Fortwo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33329, longitude -0.41198, in the KT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cobham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 2AG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021451045077
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2011.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 29 August 2011
6 m awayRef 201145EL63983
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 7 October 1997
6 m awayRef 199701VK00828
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 15 July 2025
8 m awayRef 2025451616560
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 22 January 1989
22 m awayRef 198901VK00059
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 16 March 2015
30 m awayRef 2015450023368
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 28 September 1991
41 m awayRef 199101VK00979
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021451045077 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 2021.