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Serious A1308 crash in Mid Suffolk on 2 June 2005 at 19:25 involving a Ford Escort

A motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk at 19:25 on Thursday 2 June 2005. The 40-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jun 2005
Thursday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1845, longitude 1.0019, in the IP14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stowmarket. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter's, Mid Suffolk, IP14 1AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200537B022512
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1308
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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 27 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 200537B022512 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2005.