A1189 crash in Ipswich on 27 June 2014 at 06:45 involving a BMW 1 Series
A car and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A1189 in Ipswich at 06:45 on Friday 27 June 2014. The 61-year-old male driver of the car, the 33-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series and a 45-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2014
- Friday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02517, longitude 1.20804, in the IP10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Priory Heath, Ipswich, IP3 9RZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201437EA81445
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1189
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2025.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 1 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025371676607
Slight
Car crash on the A14 in East Suffolk, 19 July 1998
12 m awayRef 199837G002881
Serious
Citroen C15 crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 21 December 1997
16 m awayRef 199737G001931
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A45 in Ipswich, 13 December 1992
28 m awayRef 1992371602630
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 16 May 2023
49 m awayRef 2023371308182
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Ipswich, 14 April 1987
52 m awayRef 1987371051500
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 201437EA81445 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2014.