Skip to main content
CrashStats

A143 crash in West Suffolk on 6 November 2003 at 08:05 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a car were involved in a crash on the A143 in West Suffolk at 08:05 on Thursday 6 November 2003. The 27-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Nov 2003
Thursday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07899, longitude 0.44629, 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

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200337B018006
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
143
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200337B018006 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.