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C road crash in West Suffolk CB9 on 18 December 1998 at 08:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on a C road in West Suffolk at 08:30 on Friday 18 December 1998. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1998
Friday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08204, longitude 0.43124, in the CB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haverhill. 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
199837B004836
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199837B004836 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.