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A140 crash in Mid Suffolk on 19 February 1996 at 07:15 involving a Ford Transit lorry

A Ford Transit lorry and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the A140 in Mid Suffolk at 07:15 on Monday 19 February 1996. The 45-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit lorry and the 36-year-old male driver of the ERF lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1996
Monday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and ERF
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20288, longitude 1.09955, in the IP14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996372201190
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
50 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 30 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (ERF)

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 1996372201190 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 1996.