Serious A14 crash in Babergh on 29 June 2013 at 16:15 involving a Kia Venga
A Kia Venga and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A14 in Babergh at 16:15 on Saturday 29 June 2013. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Jun 2013
- Saturday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Venga and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0694, longitude 1.11041, in the IP8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sproughton & Pinewood, Babergh, IP1 5AP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201337EA72450
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 14
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A14 in Babergh, 31 August 2017
12 m awayRef 2017370221460
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A14 in Babergh, 26 April 2018
12 m awayRef 2018370302249
Slight
HGV crash on the A14 in Babergh, 13 November 2018
12 m awayRef 2018370348830
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A14 in Babergh, 21 December 2004
16 m awayRef 200437G016566
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A14 in Babergh, 7 January 2009
16 m awayRef 200937G026439
Slight
Mini First crash on the A14 in Ipswich, 11 July 2016
17 m awayRef 2016370092448
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Venga
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Venga)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Venga)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 201337EA72450 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2013.