A14 crash in Ipswich on 14 March 2007 at 14:30 involving a Perodua Kelisa
A Perodua Kelisa and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A14 in Ipswich at 14:30 on Wednesday 14 March 2007. The 36-year-old male driver of the Perodua Kelisa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2007
- Wednesday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Perodua Kelisa and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08032, longitude 1.11037, in the IP1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitehouse, Ipswich, IP1 5LT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200737G022038
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A14 in Ipswich, 6 June 2022
29 m awayRef 2022371193316
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A14 in Ipswich, 21 December 2004
32 m awayRef 200437G016535
Slight
Mini One crash on the A14 in Ipswich, 17 December 2025
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Slight
MG ZS crash on the A14 in Ipswich, 12 November 2025
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Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A14 in Ipswich, 10 December 2025
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Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A45 in Ipswich, 16 April 1992
158 m awayRef 1992371633800
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Perodua Kelisa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 989 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,946 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Perodua Kelisa)
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 200737G022038 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2007.