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A604 crash in West Suffolk on 10 August 2002 at 15:15 involving a Rover Range Rover

A Rover Range Rover and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A604 in West Suffolk at 15:15 on Saturday 10 August 2002. A 42-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier, a 22-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and an 83-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Aug 2002
Saturday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Rover Range Rover and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0898, longitude 0.42805, in the CB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haverhill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haverhill West, West Suffolk, CB9 7FZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200237B014388
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 200237B014388 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.