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Fatal B1078 crash in Babergh on 9 December 1983 at 11:15 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B1078 in Babergh at 11:15 on Friday 9 December 1983. The 79-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Dec 1983
Friday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10879, longitude 0.94929, in the IP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983373224100
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1078
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 79, 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 1983373224100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 1983.