A1156 crash in Ipswich on 27 February 2012 at 18:31 involving a Honda CRV
A Honda CRV and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 18:31 on Monday 27 February 2012. The 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Honda CRV were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2012
- Monday, 18:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CRV and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08313, longitude 1.1164, 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 5LT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012370077812
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2008.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 20 March 2008
14 m awayRef 200837G024573
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 22 January 2002
14 m awayRef 200237G009978
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 4 January 1997
14 m awayRef 199737G000286
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 21 February 2001
20 m awayRef 200137G007845
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 3 July 1989
22 m awayRef 1989371096800
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 29 January 1992
22 m awayRef 1992371608200
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda CRV)
- 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 2012370077812 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 2012.