B1059 crash in Ipswich on 22 November 2007 at 23:45 involving a Ford Focus
A motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B1059 in Ipswich at 23:45 on Thursday 22 November 2007. The 17-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Nov 2007
- Thursday, 23:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05646, longitude 1.16532, in the IP4 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200737G023717
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1059
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 19 October 2004
At the same spotRef 200437G016020
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 23 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983371162400
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 7 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200037G005910
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1075 in Ipswich, 1 August 2021
9 m awayRef 2021371091327
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 17 July 2007
10 m awayRef 200737G022843
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1059 in Ipswich, 28 July 1980
10 m awayRef 1980371126400
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200737G023717 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 2007.