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B1066 crash in West Suffolk on 15 August 1993 at 22:40 involving an MG Midget

An MG Midget crashed on the B1066 in West Suffolk at 22:40 on Sunday 15 August 1993. The 19-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger 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
Slight
Date
15 Aug 1993
Sunday, 22:40
Vehicles
1
MG Midget
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19243, longitude 0.68177, in the IP29 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
1993373305260
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1066
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, 55 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Midget

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,491 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Midget)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Midget)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1993373305260 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.