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A1065 crash in West Suffolk on 9 September 2010 at 17:37 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Volkswagen Caddy van were involved in a crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk at 17:37 on Thursday 9 September 2010. The 30-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 51-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Caddy van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Sep 2010
Thursday, 17:37
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Volkswagen Caddy
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36926, longitude 0.54031, in the IP27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lakenheath, West Suffolk, IP27 9BH 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
201037B045679
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
1065
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1112

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    3,180 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)

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 201037B045679 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 2010.