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B1078 crash in Mid Suffolk on 24 September 1990 at 09:00 involving a Morris Marina

A Morris Marina and a van were involved in a crash on the B1078 in Mid Suffolk at 09:00 on Monday 24 September 1990. The 66-year-old male driver of the Morris Marina and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Morris Marina were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 1990
Monday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Morris Marina and van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13965, longitude 1.1871, 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
1990371135300
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1078
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1077

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 31 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Marina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Marina)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris Marina)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1990371135300 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.