A1307 crash in West Suffolk on 24 April 2012 at 13:07 involving an MG TF
A car and an MG TF were involved in a crash on the A1307 in West Suffolk at 13:07 on Tuesday 24 April 2012. The 29-year-old male driver of the MG TF was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Apr 2012
- Tuesday, 13:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and MG TF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09301, longitude 0.40296, in the CB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haverhill. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012370153712
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1307
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2008.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A604 in West Suffolk, 30 November 2008
10 m awayRef 200837B041236
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A604 in West Suffolk, 12 May 1991
10 m awayRef 1991373502600
Slight
Car crash on the A604 in West Suffolk, 5 March 1985
14 m awayRef 1985373040500
Serious
Car crash on the A604 in West Suffolk, 14 November 1987
22 m awayRef 1987373207400
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1307 in West Suffolk, 19 June 2000
41 m awayRef 200037B008496
Fatal
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1307 in West Suffolk, 17 June 1999
41 m awayRef 199937B005954
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: MG TF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG TF)
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 2012370153712 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 2012.