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A14 crash in Mid Suffolk on 23 December 1997 at 17:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra

Six vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and three cars, were involved in a crash on the A14 in Mid Suffolk at 17:25 on Tuesday 23 December 1997. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo, the 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 and the 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 6 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 17:25
Vehicles
6
Vauxhall Astra and 5 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2088, longitude 0.97421, 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
199737B002506
Council area
Mid 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
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 4: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 5: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 6: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (Car)

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 199737B002506 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 1997.