Serious A1156 crash in Ipswich on 1 April 2012 at 18:29 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 18:29 on Sunday 1 April 2012. A 51-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and a 38-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Apr 2012
- Sunday, 18:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06013, longitude 1.14588, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westgate, Ipswich, IP1 2NF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012370120112
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 2 July 1997
At the same spotRef 199737G001057
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 18 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025371604300
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 2 April 2025
7 m awayRef 2025371589240
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 12 December 2011
10 m awayRef 2011370509911
Slight
Nissan 200 crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 8 July 2002
10 m awayRef 200237G010924
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 11 December 2012
10 m awayRef 2012370525112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2012370120112 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.