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A12 crash in Babergh on 26 January 1986 at 14:36 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Babergh at 14:36 on Sunday 26 January 1986. The 54-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 53-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1986
Sunday, 14:36
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.00304, longitude 1.05803, in the IP9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986371014100
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
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, 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 1986371014100 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 1986.