A11 crash in West Suffolk on 25 May 2008 at 20:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A11 in West Suffolk at 20:00 on Sunday 25 May 2008. The 34-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 20-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2008
- Sunday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33765, longitude 0.53439, in the IP28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manor, West Suffolk, IP28 6AE area accident hotspot. 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
- 200837B030889
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1101
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 June 2003.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 26 June 2003
10 m awayRef 200337B016912
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 16 May 2010
10 m awayRef 201037B044937
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 26 March 1982
14 m awayRef 1982373053600
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 7 December 1980
14 m awayRef 1980373215000
Serious
Toyota Verso crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 26 October 2013
19 m awayRef 201337EA75305
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 10 May 2008
20 m awayRef 200837B030833
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200837B030889 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 2008.