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Unclassified road crash in West Suffolk IP32 on 24 August 2002 at 17:20 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and a Honda Prelude were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 17:20 on Saturday 24 August 2002. The 49-year-old male driver of the Honda Prelude and the 19-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 2002
Saturday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and Honda Prelude
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25936, longitude 0.70651, in the IP32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tollgate, West Suffolk, IP32 6DF area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200237B014490
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Prelude)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

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 200237B014490 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.