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A1214 crash in East Suffolk on 1 September 2000 at 16:46 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on the A1214 in East Suffolk at 16:46 on Friday 1 September 2000. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 190, the 73-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 190 and the 40-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Omega were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 2000
Friday, 16:46
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 190 and Vauxhall Omega
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06521, longitude 1.22752, in the IP5 postcode district. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200037G006811
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1214
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)

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 200037G006811 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2000.