B1115 crash in Babergh on 7 August 2001 at 16:45 involving a Vauxhall Nova
A Vauxhall Nova and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B1115 in Babergh at 16:45 on Tuesday 7 August 2001. A 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2001
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Nova and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10678, longitude 0.90904, in the IP7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200137B012348
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1115
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1993.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1115 in Babergh, 23 September 1993
20 m awayRef 1993373504360
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the B1115 in Babergh, 4 April 1996
22 m awayRef 1996373501480
Slight
Car crash on the B1115 in Babergh, 7 October 1986
22 m awayRef 1986373170600
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1115 in Babergh, 6 September 1984
22 m awayRef 1984373156500
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on the B1115 in Babergh, 6 February 2001
41 m awayRef 200137B010289
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B1115 in Babergh, 6 August 1992
41 m awayRef 1992373533300
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- 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 200137B012348 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2001.