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A142 crash in West Suffolk on 16 May 1997 at 15:00 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A Fiat Cinquecento hit three pedestrians on the A142 in West Suffolk at 15:00 on Friday 16 May 1997. A 30-year-old female pedestrian, a 7-year-old male pedestrian and a 7-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 May 1997
Friday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Fiat Cinquecento
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24788, longitude 0.40836, in the CB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newmarket. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199737B001085
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
142
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199737B001085 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.