B1070 crash in Babergh on 13 December 2004 at 17:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1070 in Babergh at 17:45 on Monday 13 December 2004. The 18-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2004
- Monday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98869, longitude 1.00582, in the CO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brett Vale, Babergh, CO7 6PE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200437G016474
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1070
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2013.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 30 October 2013
4 m awayRef 201337EA75535
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 3 January 2024
5 m awayRef 2024371394294
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 4 January 2024
7 m awayRef 2024371401294
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 27 October 2011
10 m awayRef 2011370446811
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 4 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200037G007175
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 15 May 2007
10 m awayRef 200737G022516
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Tram or light rail track
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 18, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200437G016474 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.