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A1308 crash in Mid Suffolk on 3 October 2015 at 07:20 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A bicycle and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk at 07:20 on Saturday 3 October 2015. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 2015
Saturday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18822, longitude 0.99533, in the IP14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stowmarket. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter's, Mid Suffolk, IP14 1AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201537EA94194
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1308
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
1115

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, 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 201537EA94194 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2015.