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A1071 crash in Ipswich on 1 August 2013 at 18:25 involving a Volvo bus

A van and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A1071 in Ipswich at 18:25 on Thursday 1 August 2013. The 44-year-old female driver of the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 2013
Thursday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Van and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0617, longitude 1.18242, in the IP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bixley, Ipswich, IP4 4BF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201337EA73209
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1071
Road type
Roundabout
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
C

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    7,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

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 201337EA73209 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 2013.