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A12 crash in East Suffolk on 21 October 2013 at 08:30 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA crashed on the A12 in East Suffolk at 08:30 on Monday 21 October 2013. The 20-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 2013
Monday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.33283, longitude 1.6063, in the NR34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton, East Suffolk, NR34 8AW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201337EA75407
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

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 201337EA75407 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2013.