A1304 crash in West Suffolk on 14 January 2007 at 03:30 involving a Ford
A Ford and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk at 03:30 on Sunday 14 January 2007. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jan 2007
- Sunday, 03:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25011, longitude 0.41599, in the CB8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newmarket. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200737B027105
- 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
- 1304
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2000.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 15 December 2000
10 m awayRef 200037B009878
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 16 November 2006
10 m awayRef 200637B026679
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 3 April 2015
22 m awayRef 201537EA89341
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 25 January 2011
22 m awayRef 2011370038911
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 14 April 1996
22 m awayRef 1996373401610
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 17 October 2009
22 m awayRef 200937B043411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200737B027105 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 2007.