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Serious C road crash in Babergh IP29 on 5 December 2008 at 08:49 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on a C road in Babergh at 08:49 on Friday 5 December 2008. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 2008
Friday, 08:49
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18236, longitude 0.71939, in the IP29 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200837B041273
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 175 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 200837B041273 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2008.