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B1103 crash in West Suffolk on 11 October 2006 at 18:40 involving a Volvo bus

A car and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the B1103 in West Suffolk at 18:40 on Wednesday 11 October 2006. The 32-year-old male driver of the Volvo bus and a 37-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 2006
Wednesday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Volvo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25783, longitude 0.38578, in the CB8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newmarket North, West Suffolk, CB8 7AZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200637B026358
Council area
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1103
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    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 200637B026358 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2006.