B1065 crash in West Suffolk on 4 August 2011 at 12:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
An agricultural vehicle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B1065 in West Suffolk at 12:30 on Thursday 4 August 2011. A 66-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2011
- Thursday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Agricultural vehicle and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43981, longitude 0.60823, in the IP27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brandon. 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
- 2011370309511
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1065
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1998.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 15 March 1998
At the same spotRef 199837B002995
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 7 March 1999
20 m awayRef 199937B005354
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 17 June 1999
22 m awayRef 199937B005970
Slight
Car crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 2 May 1989
22 m awayRef 1989373083600
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 20 June 1997
28 m awayRef 199737B001326
Slight
Car crash on the A1065 in West Suffolk, 28 July 1988
30 m awayRef 1988373145500
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2011370309511 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 2011.