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A1156 crash in Ipswich on 1 December 2012 at 17:26 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A1156 in Ipswich at 17:26 on Saturday 1 December 2012. The 20-year-old male rider and a 20-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2012
Saturday, 17:26
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06022, longitude 1.14588, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westgate, Ipswich, IP1 2NF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012370514312
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
1156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2012370514312 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 2012.