B1070 crash in Babergh on 3 May 2005 at 07:05 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B1070 in Babergh at 07:05 on Tuesday 3 May 2005. The 32-year-old male driver of the Citroen Berlingo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2005
- Tuesday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96001, longitude 1.04743, in the CO11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200537G017461
- 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
- 30 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 37 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 September 2025.
Serious
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 23 September 2025
37 m awayRef 2025371645294
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 23 December 2007
100 m awayRef 200737G023956
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 8 December 2005
161 m awayRef 200537G018915
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 18 November 1992
184 m awayRef 1992372600620
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 5 May 2003
247 m awayRef 200337G012693
Fatal
BMW X3 crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 30 March 2025
270 m awayRef 2025371572095
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
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 200537G017461 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 2005.