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A144 crash in East Suffolk on 29 July 1993 at 11:00 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry hit three pedestrians on the A144 in East Suffolk at 11:00 on Thursday 29 July 1993. A 37-year-old male pedestrian, an 11-year-old male pedestrian and a 60-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jul 1993
Thursday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Ford
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45525, longitude 1.43702, in the NR35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bungay. 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
1993372204050
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
144
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1993372204050 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.