A14 crash in West Suffolk on 16 November 2008 at 19:50 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion and two cars were involved in a crash on the A14 in West Suffolk at 19:50 on Sunday 16 November 2008. The 35-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 and a 30-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2008
- Sunday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fusion and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25419, longitude 0.70458, in the IP32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tollgate, West Suffolk, IP32 6DF area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200837B041149
- 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
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2014.
Slight
Scania crash on the A14 in West Suffolk, 18 February 2014
45 m awayRef 201437EA78377
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A14 in West Suffolk, 25 September 1998
61 m awayRef 199837B004201
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A14 in West Suffolk, 27 December 2005
82 m awayRef 200537B024138
Serious
Car crash on the A45 in West Suffolk, 27 May 1983
110 m awayRef 1983373086700
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A14 in West Suffolk, 28 May 2008
140 m awayRef 200837B030948
Serious
Volvo 340 crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk, 10 December 1997
146 m awayRef 199737B002401
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- 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 200837B041149 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.