A1101 crash in West Suffolk on 6 April 2001 at 16:45 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk at 16:45 on Friday 6 April 2001. The 13-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
- 6 Apr 2001
- Friday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34489, longitude 0.51101, in the IP28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mildenhall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mildenhall Kingsway & Market, West Suffolk, IP28 7LW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200137B010654
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1101
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 July 2023.
Serious
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 1 July 2023
9 m awayRef 2023371324809
Serious
Car crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 5 September 1980
10 m awayRef 1980373147900
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 4 December 2025
14 m awayRef 2025371682758
Slight
Car crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 10 June 1996
14 m awayRef 1996373402460
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 14 April 2000
14 m awayRef 200037B008104
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 22 March 1980
14 m awayRef 1980373050000
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (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 200137B010654 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 2001.