A1101 crash in West Suffolk on 2 December 1999 at 16:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Citroen C15 and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk at 16:10 on Thursday 2 December 1999. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 1999
- Thursday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34434, longitude 0.51583, in the IP28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mildenhall. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199937B007150
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1101
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2014.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 20 March 2014
5 m awayRef 201437EA79248
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 11 May 2021
8 m awayRef 2021371044955
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 1 July 1988
22 m awayRef 1988373127100
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 3 September 2002
22 m awayRef 200237B014554
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 4 November 1984
22 m awayRef 1984373197400
Serious
Peugeot 207 crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 21 June 2014
29 m awayRef 201437EA81351
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C15
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat Cinquecento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 199937B007150 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 1999.