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A137 crash in Ipswich on 19 February 2013 at 17:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A137 in Ipswich at 17:45 on Tuesday 19 February 2013. The 28-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 2013
Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0524, longitude 1.15323, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alexandra, Ipswich, IP4 1DX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201337EA69784
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
137
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
137

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, 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 201337EA69784 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 2013.