Serious unclassified road crash in Mid Suffolk on 12 December 1979 at 20:15 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Mid Suffolk at 20:15 on Wednesday 12 December 1979. The 16-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 12 Dec 1979; Wednesday, 20:15
Vehicles: 3; Bicycle and 2 others
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197937LCUDV30
Council area: Mid Suffolk
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (3)

Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Serious
Male, aged 16, 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 197937LCUDV30 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 1979.