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A140 crash in Mid Suffolk on 9 December 2007 at 17:43 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A140 in Mid Suffolk at 17:43 on Sunday 9 December 2007. The 58-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Freelander and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Freelander were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2007
Sunday, 17:43
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Land Rover Freelander
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18807, longitude 1.09681, in the IP14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200737B029628
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, 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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)

    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 200737B029628 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2007.