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A1214 crash in Ipswich on 4 May 2004 at 18:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1214 in Ipswich at 18:20 on Tuesday 4 May 2004. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 2004
Tuesday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07115, longitude 1.17088, in the IP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rushmere, Ipswich, IP4 4BZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200437G014968
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
1214
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, 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 200437G014968 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 2004.