Unclassified road crash in West Suffolk on 12 December 1986 at 23:35 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 23:35 on Friday 12 December 1986. A 25-year-old male passenger in the taxi was slightly injured. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 12 Dec 1986; Friday, 23:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and taxi
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986373224700
Council area: West Suffolk
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine with high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver age
20 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
Car passenger
Rear 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 1986373224700 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.