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Serious unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP1 on 1 January 1991 at 01:25 involving a Toyota Starlet

A Toyota Starlet and a Ford Capri were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 01:25 on Tuesday 1 January 1991. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Capri was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jan 1991
Tuesday, 01:25
Vehicles
2
Toyota Starlet and Ford Capri
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08526, longitude 1.13285, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991371000100
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Starlet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Capri)

    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 1991371000100 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 1991.