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A143 crash in West Suffolk on 5 April 1993 at 13:50 involving a Nissan Laurel

A Nissan Laurel crashed on the A143 in West Suffolk at 13:50 on Monday 5 April 1993. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Apr 1993
Monday, 13:50
Vehicles
1
Nissan Laurel
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2947, longitude 0.83857, in the IP31 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993373302560
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
143
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1088

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 11 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Laurel

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    2,393 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Laurel)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Laurel)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Laurel)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Laurel)

    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 1993373302560 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.