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Serious A11 crash in West Suffolk on 18 March 1997 at 10:55 involving a Leyland Roadrunner lorry

Four vehicles, including a Leyland Roadrunner lorry and an ERF lorry, were involved in a crash on the A11 in West Suffolk at 10:55 on Tuesday 18 March 1997. A 24-year-old male passenger in the Leyland Roadrunner lorry, the 32-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF FA 1900 DNS lorry and the 32-year-old male driver of the Leyland Roadrunner lorry were 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
18 Mar 1997
Tuesday, 10:55
Vehicles
4
Leyland Roadrunner and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34968, longitude 0.56617, in the IP27 postcode district. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199737B000775
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    14,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland DAF FA 1900 DNS

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 4: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland Roadrunner)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Leyland DAF FA 1900 DNS)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland Roadrunner)

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 199737B000775 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 1997.