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A12 crash in East Suffolk on 3 April 1982 at 15:00 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in East Suffolk at 15:00 on Saturday 3 April 1982. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Apr 1982
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06785, longitude 1.25728, in the IP5 postcode district. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982371055700
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2024.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1982371055700 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 1982.