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A1101 crash in West Suffolk on 24 December 1996 at 13:00 involving a Hyundai Pony

A Hyundai Pony and an Austin Mini were involved in a crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk at 13:00 on Tuesday 24 December 1996. The 29-year-old male driver of the Austin Mini and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Austin Mini were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Pony and Austin Mini
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25766, longitude 0.71208, in the IP32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199637B000313
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1101
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 6 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Pony

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)

    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 199637B000313 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 1996.