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A143 crash in West Suffolk on 10 September 1998 at 15:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the A143 in West Suffolk at 15:30 on Thursday 10 September 1998. The 40-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 1998
Thursday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Citroen Xantia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10969, longitude 0.4897, in the CB9 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
199837B004105
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
143
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

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 199837B004105 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 1998.