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Fatal A140 crash in Mid Suffolk on 4 January 1992 at 11:20 involving a Morris 1100

A Morris 1100 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A140 in Mid Suffolk at 11:20 on Saturday 4 January 1992. The 83-year-old male driver of the Morris 1100 was killed and five other people were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Jan 1992
Saturday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Morris 1100 and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
6
1 killed, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35832, longitude 1.14582, in the IP23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992372200700
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
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
1118

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 14 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris 1100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Morris 1100)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 1992372200700 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 1992.