A12 crash in East Suffolk on 30 December 2008 at 13:25 involving a Kia Sedona taxi
A bicycle and a Kia Sedona taxi were involved in a crash on the A12 in East Suffolk at 13:25 on Tuesday 30 December 2008. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2008
- Tuesday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Kia Sedona
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.47193, longitude 1.74828, 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
- 200837L016463
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
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 25 November 1998.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A146 in East Suffolk, 25 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199837L002526
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 11 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025371681284
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 17 May 2014
5 m awayRef 201437EA80419
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 27 July 2021
5 m awayRef 2021371085925
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 6 July 2014
6 m awayRef 201437EA81618
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 23 May 2025
7 m awayRef 2025371595125
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Sedona
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 14, 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 200837L016463 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.