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Serious A1214 crash in Ipswich on 29 April 1986 at 07:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1214 in Ipswich at 07:45 on Tuesday 29 April 1986. The 12-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Apr 1986
Tuesday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06684, longitude 1.18906, in the IP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986371074200
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1214
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1986371074200 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 1986.