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B1079 crash in East Suffolk on 1 August 1980 at 16:10 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B1079 in East Suffolk at 16:10 on Friday 1 August 1980. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1980
Friday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09395, longitude 1.31453, in the IP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woodbridge. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980371128900
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1079
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1079

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 1980371128900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 1980.