B1078 crash in Mid Suffolk on 13 December 1979 at 11:55 involving a van

A van crashed on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk at 11:55 on Thursday 13 December 1979. The 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 13 Dec 1979; Thursday, 11:55
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197937LDLLJ30
Council area: Mid Suffolk
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 1078
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197937LDLLJ30 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 1979.