B1106 crash in West Suffolk on 10 April 2014 at 11:24 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series, a Peugeot 308 and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk at 11:24 on Thursday 10 April 2014. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Apr 2014
- Thursday, 11:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 5 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42629, longitude 0.63453, in the IP27 postcode district. 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
- 201437EA79565
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 24 August 2005
45 m awayRef 200537B023153
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 18 October 2025
64 m awayRef 2025371655993
Serious
Yamaha XT 125 crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 10 December 2009
76 m awayRef 200937B043842
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 8 June 1998
98 m awayRef 199837B003509
Fatal
Citroen Saxo crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 30 June 2007
112 m awayRef 200737B028266
Serious
Car crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 14 December 2005
152 m awayRef 200537B024074
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- 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 201437EA79565 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 2014.