A143 crash in West Suffolk on 12 July 2000 at 17:00 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A143 in West Suffolk at 17:00 on Wednesday 12 July 2000. The 40-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2000
- Wednesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21612, longitude 0.6705, in the IP29 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200037B008678
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 143
- 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
- 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 15 June 2003.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 15 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200337B016791
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 7 November 1991
121 m awayRef 1991373349000
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 13 January 1996
121 m awayRef 1996373300370
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 30 August 2005
130 m awayRef 200537B023206
Slight
Car crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 22 May 1987
130 m awayRef 1987373081700
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 12 April 2003
130 m awayRef 200337B016362
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, 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 200037B008678 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2000.