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A1189 crash in Ipswich on 8 February 1989 at 23:03 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A1189 in Ipswich at 23:03 on Wednesday 8 February 1989. A 38-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 1989
Wednesday, 23:03
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05716, longitude 1.20106, in the IP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989371024000
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1189
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 1989371024000 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 1989.