B1062 crash in East Suffolk on 24 November 2000 at 20:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B1062 in East Suffolk at 20:40 on Friday 24 November 2000. The 24-year-old male driver and a 30-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2000
- Friday, 20:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45467, longitude 1.51065, in the NR34 postcode district. The location was in the former Waveney district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200037L005035
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1062
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 March 2001.
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the B1062 in East Suffolk, 3 March 2001
10 m awayRef 200137L005383
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the B1062 in East Suffolk, 9 October 2023
35 m awayRef 2023371361292
Serious
Car crash on the A1116 in East Suffolk, 14 August 1981
36 m awayRef 1981372084600
Slight
Car crash on the B1062 in East Suffolk, 6 December 2011
40 m awayRef 2011370516711
Slight
Car crash on the B1062 in East Suffolk, 23 May 1989
51 m awayRef 1989372054900
Slight
Daihatsu Charade crash on the B1062 in East Suffolk, 2 March 2007
51 m awayRef 200737L014022
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200037L005035 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.