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A1065 crash in West Suffolk on 9 April 2002 at 22:10 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and an Isuzu Trooper were involved in a crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk at 22:10 on Tuesday 9 April 2002. The 26-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Isuzu Trooper were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Apr 2002
Tuesday, 22:10
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Isuzu Trooper
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36935, longitude 0.54031, in the IP27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lakenheath, West Suffolk, IP27 9BH area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200237B013494
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1065
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1112

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 30 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Isuzu Trooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Isuzu Trooper)

    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 200237B013494 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2002.