A1101 crash in West Suffolk on 16 July 2003 at 17:55 involving a Volkswagen Jetta
A Volkswagen Jetta crashed on the A1101 in West Suffolk at 17:55 on Wednesday 16 July 2003. A 22-year-old female passenger and the 23-year-old male driver were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2003
- Wednesday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Jetta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41574, longitude 0.42548, in the IP28 postcode district. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200337B017063
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1101
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 216 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2011.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 21 December 2011
216 m awayRef 2011370526211
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 15 October 2010
260 m awayRef 201037B045981
Serious
Car crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 2 November 1985
260 m awayRef 1985373187200
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 8 December 1997
267 m awayRef 199737B002393
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 3 August 1999
279 m awayRef 199937B006307
Slight
Car crash on the A1101 in West Suffolk, 17 September 1982
284 m awayRef 1982373163400
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)
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 200337B017063 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.