B1103 crash in West Suffolk on 8 January 2003 at 18:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk at 18:00 on Wednesday 8 January 2003. The 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2003
- Wednesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.26938, longitude 0.34814, in the CB8 postcode district. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200337B015649
- 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
- 1103
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 110 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2001.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk, 22 December 2001
110 m awayRef 200137B012864
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk, 23 October 1996
141 m awayRef 1996373404600
Serious
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk, 5 August 2005
161 m awayRef 200537B023028
Serious
Datsun Stanza crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk, 15 January 1990
180 m awayRef 1990373008000
Serious
Car crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk, 17 July 1981
181 m awayRef 1981373124000
Slight
Yamaha FZ1 crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk, 29 August 2009
191 m awayRef 200937B043057
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 200337B015649 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 2003.