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C road crash in West Suffolk IP33 on 17 January 2004 at 22:15 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in West Suffolk at 22:15 on Saturday 17 January 2004. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 2004
Saturday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24581, longitude 0.71711, in the IP33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 1JE 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
200437B018658
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200437B018658 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 2004.