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Serious B1074 crash in East Suffolk on 3 November 2011 at 15:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit two pedestrians on the B1074 in East Suffolk at 15:15 on Thursday 3 November 2011. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Nov 2011
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.52337, longitude 1.64206, in the NR32 postcode district. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011370440211
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1074
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2011370440211 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2011.