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Unclassified road crash in Babergh CO10 on 25 May 2003 at 19:20 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Babergh at 19:20 on Sunday 25 May 2003. The 10-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 May 2003
Sunday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0786, longitude 0.72212, in the CO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Melford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Long Melford, Babergh, CO10 9JQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200337B016758
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, 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 200337B016758 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2003.