A134 crash in Babergh on 16 December 1986 at 09:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A134 in Babergh at 09:35 on Tuesday 16 December 1986. The 75-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 16 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 09:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986373226500
Council area: Babergh
Police force: Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 134
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: A
Second road number: 1092

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
75 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
29 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 75, 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 1986373226500 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.