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Serious A134 crash in West Suffolk on 1 November 1992 at 11:30 involving a Citroen Visa

A Citroen Visa and a Freight Rover Sherpa minibus were involved in a crash on the A134 in West Suffolk at 11:30 on Sunday 1 November 1992. There were seven casualties: three people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Nov 1992
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Citroen Visa and Freight Rover Sherpa
Casualties
7
3 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21978, longitude 0.74023, in the IP30 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992373300030
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
134
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, 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 17 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Visa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Visa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Visa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

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 1992373300030 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 1992.