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B1385 crash in East Suffolk on 9 March 1993 at 16:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the B1385 in East Suffolk at 16:50 on Tuesday 9 March 1993. The 22-year-old male driver of the Renault 5, a 21-year-old male passenger in the Renault 5 and the 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 1993
Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Renault 5
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50056, longitude 1.75124, in the NR32 postcode district. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993372100890
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1385
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1993372100890 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 1993.