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A1156 crash in Ipswich on 22 December 2000 at 13:40 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette and an MG Metro were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 13:40 on Friday 22 December 2000. The 25-year-old female driver of the MG Metro was 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
22 Dec 2000
Friday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Chevette and MG Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06923, longitude 1.13513, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200037G007491
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1156
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 fatal crash on 14 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Metro)

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 200037G007491 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2000.