A1065 crash in West Suffolk on 21 February 2007 at 06:50 involving a Peugeot 406
Two cars and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk at 06:50 on Wednesday 21 February 2007. The male driver of vehicle 2 and the 48-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2007
- Wednesday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 406 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4068, longitude 0.58011, in the IP27 postcode district. 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
- 200737B027453
- 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
- 1065
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Raining, no 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1995.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 22 February 1995
20 m awayRef 1995373400930
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 31 March 2005
22 m awayRef 200537B022068
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 27 October 1998
41 m awayRef 199837B004420
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 25 April 1997
45 m awayRef 199737B000976
Fatal
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 7 February 2007
51 m awayRef 200737B027329
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 22 December 2001
51 m awayRef 200137B012744
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 406)
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 200737B027453 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.