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Serious B1078 crash in Mid Suffolk on 23 December 1997 at 15:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk at 15:30 on Tuesday 23 December 1997. The 65-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14707, longitude 1.05313, in the IP6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Needham Market.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199737B002632
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1078
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, 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 199737B002632 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 1997.