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Serious A143 crash in Mid Suffolk on 15 January 2013 at 10:45 involving a Nissan Cabstar van

A Nissan Cabstar van crashed on the A143 in Mid Suffolk at 10:45 on Tuesday 15 January 2013. The 65-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jan 2013
Tuesday, 10:45
Vehicles
1
Nissan Cabstar
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32802, longitude 0.94007, in the IP22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201337EA68878
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
143
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
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 86 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cabstar

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cabstar)

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 201337EA68878 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2013.