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Serious A1071 crash in Babergh on 22 December 2004 at 09:40 involving a Vauxhall Frontera

A Vauxhall Frontera and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A1071 in Babergh at 09:40 on Wednesday 22 December 2004. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Frontera and Ford Escort
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02869, longitude 0.8175, in the CO10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Assington, Babergh, CO10 5LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200437B021361
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
1071
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
Raining, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 19 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Frontera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)

    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 200437B021361 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 2004.