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Fatal C road crash in West Suffolk IP30 on 18 December 1995 at 22:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit seven pedestrians on a C road in West Suffolk at 22:20 on Monday 18 December 1995. The 18-year-old male driver was killed, three other people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured. Seven of the others were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Dec 1995
Monday, 22:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
8
1 killed, 3 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.22167, longitude 0.80506, in the IP30 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995373309490
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 7: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 8: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1995373309490 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 1995.