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Serious A12 crash in Ipswich on 10 January 1983 at 08:17 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A12 in Ipswich at 08:17 on Monday 10 January 1983. The 16-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jan 1983
Monday, 08:17
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05831, longitude 1.1349, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983371004700
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, 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 1983371004700 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 1983.