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A1092 crash in Babergh on 11 March 1998 at 15:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a Ford Transit van and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A1092 in Babergh at 15:40 on Wednesday 11 March 1998. The 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Mar 1998
Wednesday, 15:40
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08703, longitude 0.67004, in the CO10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199837B002983
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1092
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1065

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 25 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 199837B002983 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 1998.