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A1304 crash in West Suffolk on 28 January 1993 at 08:38 involving an Austin Metro

Four vehicles, including an Austin Metro and a car, were involved in a crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk at 08:38 on Thursday 28 January 1993. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 1993
Thursday, 08:38
Vehicles
4
Austin Metro and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23737, longitude 0.39007, in the CB8 postcode district. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993373400640
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1304
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Sierra)

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 1993373400640 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.