A12 crash in Ipswich on 18 December 1979 at 11:25 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A12 in Ipswich at 11:25 on Tuesday 18 December 1979. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 11:25
Vehicles: 2; Van and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197937LILFD29
Council area: Ipswich
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 12
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (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 197937LILFD29 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 1979.