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B1063 crash in West Suffolk on 31 July 1986 at 17:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B1063 in West Suffolk at 17:20 on Thursday 31 July 1986. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 1986
Thursday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15929, longitude 0.55432, in the CB8 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986373128100
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1063
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 1986373128100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 1986.