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C road crash in West Suffolk CB8 on 9 December 2008 at 11:00 involving a Ford Maverick

A Ford Maverick crashed on a C road in West Suffolk at 11:00 on Tuesday 9 December 2008. The 62-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2008
Tuesday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Maverick
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24968, longitude 0.52673, in the CB8 postcode district. 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
200837B041312
Council area
West Suffolk
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
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 655 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 January 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Maverick

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,663 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Maverick)

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 200837B041312 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.