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B1113 crash in Mid Suffolk on 16 January 1998 at 17:15 involving a Lada Samara

A Lada Samara and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B1113 in Mid Suffolk at 17:15 on Friday 16 January 1998. The 51-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 1998
Friday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Lada Samara and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09681, longitude 1.09394, in the IP8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199837G001998
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1113
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lada Samara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,099 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199837G001998 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 1998.