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B1083 crash in East Suffolk on 7 February 1990 at 07:50 involving a Ford

A Ford and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the B1083 in East Suffolk at 07:50 on Wednesday 7 February 1990. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1990
Wednesday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Ford and Mazda 323
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08516, longitude 1.35811, in the IP12 postcode district. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990371020400
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1083
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 170 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

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 1990371020400 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 1990.