A1214 crash in East Suffolk on 2 January 2008 at 07:40 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1214 in East Suffolk at 07:40 on Wednesday 2 January 2008. The 43-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jan 2008
- Wednesday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06322, longitude 1.21453, in the IP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kesgrave. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bixley, Ipswich, IP4 5QH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200837G024071
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1214
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2011.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A1214 in Ipswich, 15 December 2011
At the same spotRef 2011370519211
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1214 in East Suffolk, 10 November 1992
At the same spotRef 1992372600510
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 25 July 1983
At the same spotRef 1983371124100
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A1214 in East Suffolk, 24 August 1992
At the same spotRef 1992371674200
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A1214 in East Suffolk, 16 December 2010
At the same spotRef 201037G030619
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1214 in East Suffolk, 2 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025371678085
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 43, 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 200837G024071 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 2008.