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Serious A12 crash in Babergh on 16 December 1979 at 13:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Babergh at 13:10 on Sunday 16 December 1979. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 1979
Sunday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197937LGNCD00
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
Stop sign

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 197937LGNCD00 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.