Serious unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP1 on 19 May 2024 at 20:15 involving a Suzuki Celerio
A bicycle and a Suzuki Celerio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 20:15 on Sunday 19 May 2024. The 14-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 May 2024
- Sunday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Suzuki Celerio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07296, longitude 1.1232, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitehouse, Ipswich, IP1 5EP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024371444867
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 December 1987.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich, 6 December 1987
16 m awayRef 1987371196700
Serious
Honda CBR900RR crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich, 13 November 2011
96 m awayRef 2011370457211
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich, 10 February 2001
102 m awayRef 200137G007825
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich, 25 September 2002
102 m awayRef 200237G011367
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich, 25 May 1988
130 m awayRef 1988371084000
Serious
Honda WW125EX2 crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich, 30 July 2017
142 m awayRef 2017370205561
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Celerio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 14, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024371444867 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 2024.