B1118 crash in Mid Suffolk on 5 June 2003 at 17:50 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B1118 in Mid Suffolk at 17:50 on Thursday 5 June 2003. The 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and the 29-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 2003
- Thursday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35713, longitude 1.18207, in the IP21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200337B016738
- Council area
- Mid Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1118
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 180 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 May 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the B1118 in Mid Suffolk, 24 May 1981
180 m awayRef 1981372049600
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B1118 in Mid Suffolk, 2 August 1984
206 m awayRef 1984372083100
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B1118 in Mid Suffolk, 24 December 2024
207 m awayRef 2024371535846
Slight
Car crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 24 March 1987
260 m awayRef 1987360020455
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in South Norfolk, 4 November 2017
267 m awayRef 2017360240978
Serious
Car crash on the B1118 in Mid Suffolk, 24 April 1981
272 m awayRef 1981372039900
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 200337B016738 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.