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A14 crash in Mid Suffolk on 12 December 2002 at 13:44 involving a Skoda Octavia

A Skoda Octavia crashed on the A14 in Mid Suffolk at 13:44 on Thursday 12 December 2002. The 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2002
Thursday, 13:44
Vehicles
1
Skoda Octavia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23264, longitude 0.88899, in the IP30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elmswell & Woolpit, Mid Suffolk, IP30 9WJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200237B015464
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
14
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

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 200237B015464 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2002.