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Unclassified road crash in East Suffolk NR33 on 23 October 2001 at 08:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk at 08:30 on Tuesday 23 October 2001. A 43-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 626, the 42-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 32-year-old female driver of the Mazda 626 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 2001
Tuesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Mazda 626
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46774, longitude 1.71552, in the NR33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowestoft. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oulton Broad, East Suffolk, NR33 9NQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Waveney district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200137L006288
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,789 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 626)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 626)

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 200137L006288 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 2001.