A1302 crash in West Suffolk on 14 December 2006 at 09:15 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and an Audi Coupe were involved in a crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk at 09:15 on Thursday 14 December 2006. The 41-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera, a 25-year-old female passenger in the Audi Coupe and the 24-year-old female driver of the Audi Coupe were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2006
- Thursday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Audi Coupe
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24081, longitude 0.71153, in the IP33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 3XP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200637B026896
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1302
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 143
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 2012.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 14 January 2012
At the same spotRef 2012370011612
Slight
Car crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 3 April 1995
At the same spotRef 1995373302420
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 14 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200737B929667
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 10 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200037B008643
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 9 April 1998
At the same spotRef 199837B003149
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A143 in West Suffolk, 4 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200337B018273
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Audi Coupe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,226 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Coupe)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Coupe)
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 200637B026896 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.