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Fatal A1092 crash in West Suffolk on 3 December 1992 at 21:05 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Honda Prelude were involved in a crash on the A1092 in West Suffolk at 21:05 on Thursday 3 December 1992. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Honda Prelude was killed and the 30-year-old male driver of the Honda Prelude was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Dec 1992
Thursday, 21:05
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Honda Prelude
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07257, longitude 0.57242, in the CO10 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992373500780
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1092
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    13,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Prelude)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Prelude)

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 1992373500780 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.