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Serious A140 crash in Mid Suffolk on 20 December 1995 at 14:20 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the A140 in Mid Suffolk at 14:20 on Wednesday 20 December 1995. The 79-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured and a 76-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Mercedes
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34589, longitude 1.13305, in the IP23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995372206500
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1077

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 slight injury crash on 17 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    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 1995372206500 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 1995.