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# Police seek driver after hit-and-run at Ipswich zebra crossing
- URL: https://www.ipswich.co.uk/police-seek-driver-after-hit-and-run-at-ipswich-zebra-crossing/
- Published: 2025-01-23T13:35:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-16T15:24:33.000Z
- Description: Police are appealing for witnesses after a car struck a bicycle at a zebra crossing in Grimwade Street and failed to stop at the scene.
- Author: Oliver Rouane-Williams
- Tags: News, Appeals, Crime, Incidents, #article, Suffolk Constabulary, #Import 2026-03-16 14:45

**Why it matters:** Police need to trace the driver of a dark-coloured car that failed to stop after a collision with a bicycle in central Ipswich. While no injuries were reported, failing to stop after an accident is a criminal offence.

![Zebra crossing on Grimwade Street, Ipswich](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/1e/291e4b7f-e551-4458-b546-61963954b22f/content/images/2026/03/1737639297-grimwade-street-zebra-crossing-edited-1.png)

Zebra crossing on Grimwade Street, Ipswich (Google Maps)

**The details:**

- The incident occurred at about 17:00 on Friday 17 January on Grimwade Street
- A male pedestrian was pushing his bicycle across a zebra crossing when a car reportedly accelerated and struck the back wheel
- The vehicle is described as small and dark in colour
- Police believe the partial registration number could be AW13
- The driver left the scene without stopping

**How to help:** Anyone with information should contact police quoting CAD reference 92 of 18 January by:

- Emailing [Olivia.Spence@suffolk.police.uk](mailto:Olivia.Spence@suffolk.police.uk)
- Visiting suffolk.police.uk/tell-us
- Calling 101

**The bottom line:** While no one was injured in this incident, police are keen to speak with anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have information about the vehicle involved.

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