A11 crash in West Suffolk on 12 July 2014 at 14:00 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto, a Toyota Yaris and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A11 in West Suffolk at 14:00 on Saturday 12 July 2014. The 28-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2014
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Punto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37775, longitude 0.65333, in the IP24 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
- 201437EA81895
- 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
- 40 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
- Dry
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2003.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 20 July 2003
13 m awayRef 200337B017094
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 28 October 2014
16 m awayRef 201437EA84956
Serious
Honda Accord crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 14 May 2020
16 m awayRef 2020370952382
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 31 March 2015
21 m awayRef 201537EA89303
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 9 December 2020
22 m awayRef 2020371014270
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 15 January 2000
24 m awayRef 200037B007431
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- 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 201437EA81895 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.