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A14 crash in West Suffolk on 13 April 1997 at 07:35 involving a Mercedes 300 van

A Mercedes 300 van crashed on the A14 in West Suffolk at 07:35 on Sunday 13 April 1997. A 10-year-old female passenger and the 57-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Apr 1997
Sunday, 07:35
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 300
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2652, longitude 0.58019, in the IP28 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199737B000884
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
14
Road type
Dual 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

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 199737B000884 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.