C road crash in Babergh CO10 on 22 August 2002 at 07:05 involving a Nissan Vanette
A Nissan Vanette and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in Babergh at 07:05 on Thursday 22 August 2002. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2002
- Thursday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Vanette and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07911, longitude 0.72755, in the CO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Melford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200237B014468
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Vanette
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,283 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 200237B014468 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2002.