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Serious A12 crash in East Suffolk on 4 December 1995 at 07:40 involving a Jaguar XJ Series

A Jaguar XJ Series and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A12 in East Suffolk at 07:40 on Monday 4 December 1995. The 39-year-old male driver of the Jaguar XJ Series was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Dec 1995
Monday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Jaguar XJ Series and MAN
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30375, longitude 1.56582, in the IP17 postcode district. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995372206310
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    3,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)

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 1995372206310 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 1995.