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Unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP2 on 20 October 2012 at 10:30 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 10:30 on Saturday 20 October 2012. A 41-year-old female passenger in the taxi was 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
20 Oct 2012
Saturday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04181, longitude 1.12811, in the IP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke Park, Ipswich, IP2 9UW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012370433912
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
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

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,401 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    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 2012370433912 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.