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A1071 crash in Babergh on 24 September 1985 at 08:55 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A1071 in Babergh at 08:55 on Tuesday 24 September 1985. The 36-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 1985
Tuesday, 08:55
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04952, longitude 1.09986, in the IP8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985371160100
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1071
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, 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 1985371160100 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 1985.