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Serious unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM3 on 25 October 2022 at 13:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 13:35 on Tuesday 25 October 2022. The 62-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Oct 2022
Tuesday, 13:35
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73809, longitude 0.57649, in the CM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Danbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022421234442
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2022421234442 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chelmsford road accident statistics for 2022.