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C road crash in Mid Suffolk IP6 on 13 April 1990 at 20:05 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in Mid Suffolk at 20:05 on Friday 13 April 1990. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Apr 1990
Friday, 20:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11798, longitude 1.15019, in the IP6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990371051500
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 1990371051500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 1990.