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Serious A1071 crash in Ipswich on 15 May 1996 at 09:20 involving an Optare Metrorider bus

An Optare Metrorider bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1071 in Ipswich at 09:20 on Wednesday 15 May 1996. The 62-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 May 1996
Wednesday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Optare Metrorider and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06031, longitude 1.19443, 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
1996371606330
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1071
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare Metrorider

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, 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 1996371606330 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 1996.