A11 crash in West Suffolk on 15 December 2013 at 09:45 involving a Peugeot Partner
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot Partner and a Ford Galaxy, were involved in a crash on the A11 in West Suffolk at 09:45 on Sunday 15 December 2013. The 73-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner and the 69-year-old male driver of the Renault Kangoo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2013
- Sunday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot Partner and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.34295, longitude 0.54782, in the IP28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mildenhall Kingsway & Market, West Suffolk, IP28 7JQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201337EA76735
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 30 March 2002
16 m awayRef 200237B013422
Serious
Toyota Auris crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 17 April 2011
16 m awayRef 2011370155711
Fatal
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 1 April 2014
44 m awayRef 201437EA79211
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 3 August 1994
47 m awayRef 1994373403530
Serious
Scooter crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 30 April 1989
47 m awayRef 1989373080100
Slight
Volvo S60 crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 29 June 2014
49 m awayRef 201437EA81553
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Kangoo)
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 201337EA76735 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2013.