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Serious A140 crash in Mid Suffolk on 23 January 2003 at 08:45 involving a Renault Extra

A Renault Extra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A140 in Mid Suffolk at 08:45 on Thursday 23 January 2003. The 34-year-old male driver of the Renault Extra was seriously injured and the 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jan 2003
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Renault Extra and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.28117, longitude 1.09949, in the IP23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200337B015832
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
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Extra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Extra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200337B015832 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 2003.