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A140 crash in Mid Suffolk on 2 May 2009 at 18:11 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A140 in Mid Suffolk at 18:11 on Saturday 2 May 2009. The 26-year-old male driver, an 18-year-old female passenger and a 1-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 May 2009
Saturday, 18:11
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27486, longitude 1.10023, in the IP23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200937B042282
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
140
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 200937B042282 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2009.