A1302 crash in West Suffolk on 19 April 2014 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk at 12:30 on Saturday 19 April 2014. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 52-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 66-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2014
- Saturday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.2557, longitude 0.67382, in the IP33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Fornhams & Great Barton, West Suffolk, IP28 6LG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201437EA79753
- 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
- 1302
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 July 2019.
Serious
Ford Ka+ crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 2 July 2019
5 m awayRef 2019370856175
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 23 December 2017
10 m awayRef 2017370258260
Serious
Honda VFR750F crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 14 May 1997
11 m awayRef 199737B001046
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 15 July 2000
12 m awayRef 200037B008742
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 11 February 2025
12 m awayRef 2025371553139
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A1302 in West Suffolk, 23 December 2018
14 m awayRef 2018370355605
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 201437EA79753 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.