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A12 crash in Babergh on 14 December 1979 at 18:45 involving a car

A car and two lorries were involved in a crash on the A12 in Babergh at 18:45 on Friday 14 December 1979. The 19-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1979
Friday, 18:45
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197937LESJD00
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197937LESJD00 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 1979.