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A1156 crash in Ipswich on 27 January 2011 at 20:35 involving a Ford Focus

A motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 20:35 on Thursday 27 January 2011. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 2011
Thursday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07507, longitude 1.12883, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitehouse, Ipswich, IP1 5EP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011370043711
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1156
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 2011370043711 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2011.