A1304 crash in West Suffolk on 19 July 2002 at 18:20 involving a Nissan Almera
A vehicle and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk at 18:20 on Friday 19 July 2002. A female passenger in vehicle 1, the 55-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 34-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2002
- Friday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23906, longitude 0.39371, in the CB8 postcode district. 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
- 200237B014227
- 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
- 1304
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 March 1992.
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 5 March 1992
At the same spotRef 1992373410300
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 1 July 2011
At the same spotRef 2011370266211
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 19 April 2001
At the same spotRef 200137B010757
Slight
Car crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 20 November 1985
At the same spotRef 1985373201300
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 28 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199937B006231
Fatal
Volvo 440 crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 8 May 2002
At the same spotRef 200237B013702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)
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 200237B014227 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.