Unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP3 on 8 August 2012 at 13:22 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 13:22 on Wednesday 8 August 2012. A 19-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 15-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2012
- Wednesday, 13:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Hilux and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03264, longitude 1.20475, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Priory Heath, Ipswich, IP3 9RZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012370318612
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1189
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2006.
Slight
Car crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 14 February 2006
10 m awayRef 200637G019441
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 30 January 1997
10 m awayRef 199737G000484
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 6 August 2007
14 m awayRef 200737G022968
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 23 October 2003
14 m awayRef 200337G013803
Slight
Renault Captur crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 15 July 2023
24 m awayRef 2023371329684
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 22 September 2010
36 m awayRef 201037G030069
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2012370318612 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.