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Fatal B5000 crash in Tamworth on 21 May 2024 at 09:35 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the B5000 in Tamworth at 09:35 on Tuesday 21 May 2024. The 17-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 May 2024
Tuesday, 09:35
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.62961, longitude -1.68402, in the B77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bolehall, Tamworth, B77 3LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tamworth

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024211457595
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5000
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2024211457595 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 2024.