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Unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP3 on 6 December 1990 at 13:08 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri and a Vanden Plas 1500 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 13:08 on Thursday 6 December 1990. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Capri was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1990
Thursday, 13:08
Vehicles
2
Ford Capri and Vanden Plas 1500
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03793, longitude 1.18043, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990371177700
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vanden Plas 1500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,485 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

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 1990371177700 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.