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A131 crash in Babergh on 12 November 2003 at 15:30 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and a car were involved in a crash on the A131 in Babergh at 15:30 on Wednesday 12 November 2003. The 37-year-old female driver of the car and a 10-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 2003
Wednesday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05034, longitude 0.71909, in the CO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sudbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sudbury North West, Babergh, CO10 1LE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200337B018124
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
131
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200337B018124 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2003.