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A1156 crash in Ipswich on 15 February 1990 at 20:00 involving a Morris Mini

A Morris Mini and a Volkswagen minibus were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 20:00 on Thursday 15 February 1990. The 25-year-old male driver of the Morris Mini was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1990
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Morris Mini and Volkswagen
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06445, longitude 1.14073, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990371024100
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1156
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Mini)

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 1990371024100 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 1990.