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B1438 crash in East Suffolk on 5 January 1995 at 14:05 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1438 in East Suffolk at 14:05 on Thursday 5 January 1995. The 52-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1995
Thursday, 14:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10372, longitude 1.32869, in the IP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Melton. 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
1995371700070
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1438
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, 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 1995371700070 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 1995.