A1302 crash in West Suffolk on 8 June 2012 at 14:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk at 14:45 on Friday 8 June 2012. The 35-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jun 2012
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24424, longitude 0.7072, in the IP33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 3XP area accident hotspot. 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
- 2012370223512
- 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
- 1302
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1998.
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 1 May 1998
14 m awayRef 199837B003261
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 2 February 1987
20 m awayRef 1987373018000
Slight
Car crash on the A134 in West Suffolk, 26 June 1980
20 m awayRef 1980373106200
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 85CF crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 28 July 2005
22 m awayRef 200537B022976
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 14 February 2000
22 m awayRef 200037B007676
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 5 August 1991
22 m awayRef 1991373309700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
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 2012370223512 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.