B1112 crash in West Suffolk on 29 July 2002 at 10:45 involving a Ford Maverick
A Ford Maverick, a Volvo 740 and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk at 10:45 on Monday 29 July 2002. The 50-year-old male driver of the Volvo 740 and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 740 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
- 29 Jul 2002
- Monday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Maverick and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42267, longitude 0.51985, in the IP27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lakenheath. 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
- 200237B014292
- 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
- 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2014.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 28 August 2014
30 m awayRef 201437EA83225
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 1 August 1981
41 m awayRef 1981373133300
Slight
Car crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 30 November 1989
67 m awayRef 1989373231800
Slight
Van crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 7 July 1983
72 m awayRef 1983373112100
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 22 December 1996
89 m awayRef 199637B000417
Slight
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the B1112 in West Suffolk, 31 July 2010
134 m awayRef 201037B045423
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Maverick
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 740
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,316 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 740)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 740)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200237B014292 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.