B1070 crash in Babergh on 18 April 2012 at 09:30 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo, a car and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the B1070 in Babergh at 09:30 on Wednesday 18 April 2012. The 19-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2012
- Wednesday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Berlingo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96544, longitude 1.03921, in the CO7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012370147512
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1070
- 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
- Raining with 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 June 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 5 June 1986
36 m awayRef 1986371094700
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 21 October 1995
40 m awayRef 1995371610130
Serious
Car crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 13 July 2008
45 m awayRef 200837G025288
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 21 September 2015
141 m awayRef 201537EA93868
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 16 May 1997
150 m awayRef 199737G000840
Serious
Car crash on the B1070 in Babergh, 30 December 1983
157 m awayRef 1983371235700
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2012370147512 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2012.