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Serious A1095 crash in East Suffolk on 24 October 1990 at 08:55 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A1095 in East Suffolk at 08:55 on Wednesday 24 October 1990. The 87-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 1990
Wednesday, 08:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32635, longitude 1.67921, in the IP18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwold. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990372118800
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1095
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    87 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1990372118800 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.