A1156 crash in Ipswich on 29 December 2007 at 15:30 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 15:30 on Saturday 29 December 2007. The 55-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2007
- Saturday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04786, longitude 1.1809, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holywells, Ipswich, IP3 0NR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200737G023987
- 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
- 1156
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1059
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2022.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 7 April 2022
7 m awayRef 2022371166659
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 18 September 1984
14 m awayRef 1984371145700
Serious
Van crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 3 April 1984
14 m awayRef 1984371049300
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 6 March 2004
14 m awayRef 200437G014620
Slight
Car crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 27 May 1981
20 m awayRef 1981371084700
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 9 January 1997
22 m awayRef 199737G000481
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
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 200737G023987 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.