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Fatal C road crash in Ipswich IP3 on 30 December 1982 at 22:49 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Ipswich at 22:49 on Thursday 30 December 1982. The 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed and the 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Dec 1982
Thursday, 22:49
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03156, longitude 1.19981, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982371227200
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1982371227200 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 1982.