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A45 crash in Babergh on 15 January 1988 at 08:13 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A45 in Babergh at 08:13 on Friday 15 January 1988. The 39-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 1988
Friday, 08:13
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04019, longitude 1.09557, in the IP8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988371011000
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
45
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1988371011000 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 1988.