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Serious A1156 crash in Ipswich on 2 November 2004 at 18:45 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a DAF Trucks bus were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 18:45 on Tuesday 2 November 2004. A female passenger in the DAF Trucks bus was seriously injured and a 44-year-old female passenger in the DAF Trucks bus was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Nov 2004
Tuesday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and DAF Trucks
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06923, longitude 1.13528, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitehouse, Ipswich, IP1 5EP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200437G016149
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    8,650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200437G016149 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2004.