A11 crash in West Suffolk on 9 December 1986 at 20:08 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A11 in West Suffolk at 20:08 on Tuesday 9 December 1986. The 20-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 9 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 20:08
Vehicles: 2; Car and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986373219600
Council area: West Suffolk
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 11
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
20 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Towing and articulation
Articulated vehicle
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
29 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 20, 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 1986373219600 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.