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A12 crash in East Suffolk on 30 December 2003 at 12:56 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit a pedestrian on the A12 in East Suffolk at 12:56 on Tuesday 30 December 2003. A 9-year-old female pedestrian and the 38-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2003
Tuesday, 12:56
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47148, longitude 1.74824, in the NR33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowestoft. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harbour & Normanston, East Suffolk, NR32 2JS area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200337L009495
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, 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 200337L009495 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2003.