B1057 crash in West Suffolk on 30 October 2003 at 14:10 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Renault Clio and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the B1057 in West Suffolk at 14:10 on Thursday 30 October 2003. The 38-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna was 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
- 30 Oct 2003
- Thursday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07445, longitude 0.44823, in the CB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haverhill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haverhill Central, West Suffolk, CB9 0BU area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200337B017929
- 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
- 1057
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2013.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B1057 in West Suffolk, 15 October 2013
12 m awayRef 201337EA75218
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1057 in West Suffolk, 10 September 2017
20 m awayRef 2017370226703
Slight
Car crash on the B1057 in West Suffolk, 8 October 1987
30 m awayRef 1987373193700
Slight
Lexmoto LS crash on the B1057 in West Suffolk, 30 July 2025
47 m awayRef 2025371657932
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B1057 in West Suffolk, 1 December 2004
130 m awayRef 200437B021038
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 19 May 1988
143 m awayRef 1988373095800
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Laguna)
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 200337B017929 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.