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A1156 crash in Ipswich on 22 May 2003 at 08:48 involving a Rover 75

A Rover 75 and a Honda SJ50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 08:48 on Thursday 22 May 2003. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda SJ50 motorcycle 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
22 May 2003
Thursday, 08:48
Vehicles
2
Rover 75 and Honda SJ50
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04993, longitude 1.17083, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holywells, Ipswich, IP3 8AR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200337G012769
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1156
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda SJ50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SJ50)

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 200337G012769 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 2003.