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Serious A143 crash in West Suffolk on 11 March 1993 at 22:25 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a car were involved in a crash on the A143 in West Suffolk at 22:25 on Thursday 11 March 1993. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Mar 1993
Thursday, 22:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and car
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23238, longitude 0.69267, in the IP33 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
1993373301740
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
143
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 57 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 November 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 1993373301740 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 1993.