A1071 crash in Babergh on 12 January 2007 at 15:20 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A1071 in Babergh at 15:20 on Friday 12 January 2007. The 27-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 2-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2007
- Friday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02532, longitude 0.85315, in the CO10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200737B027160
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1071
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 28 October 1997.
Fatal
Mercedes crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 28 October 1997
10 m awayRef 199737B002053
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 27 May 2002
32 m awayRef 200237B013866
Serious
Hyundai Accent crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 31 January 2004
32 m awayRef 200437B018787
Serious
Car crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 28 March 1988
50 m awayRef 1988373060600
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 3 January 2003
61 m awayRef 200337B015606
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1071 in Babergh, 16 February 2002
71 m awayRef 200237B013142
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 200737B027160 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 2007.