B1112 crash in West Suffolk on 21 June 2002 at 08:00 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A Mitsubishi Colt, a Citroen AX and a car were involved in a crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk at 08:00 on Friday 21 June 2002. The male driver of the Mitsubishi Colt was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2002
- Friday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi Colt and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41821, longitude 0.51812, in the IP27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lakenheath. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200237B014076
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2015.
Slight
BMW Z4 crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 4 March 2015
10 m awayRef 201537EA88429
Serious
Fiat 126 crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 21 November 1990
14 m awayRef 1990373209600
Slight
Scooter crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 1 March 1986
14 m awayRef 1986373035500
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 13 May 2024
31 m awayRef 2024371442100
Serious
Car crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 4 January 1988
32 m awayRef 1988373000900
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 2 April 2009
32 m awayRef 200937B042113
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,468 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)
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 200237B014076 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.