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Fatal A12 crash in East Suffolk on 23 November 2013 at 21:27 involving a Citroen Berlingo

A Citroen Berlingo crashed on the A12 in East Suffolk at 21:27 on Saturday 23 November 2013. A 19-year-old male passenger and an 18-year-old male passenger were killed and four other people were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Nov 2013
Saturday, 21:27
Vehicles
1
Citroen Berlingo
Casualties
6
2 killed, 4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32145, longitude 1.59818, in the IP19 postcode district. The location was in the former Suffolk Coastal district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201337EA75913
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    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 201337EA75913 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.