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Serious B1080 crash in Babergh on 17 July 2014 at 10:35 involving a MAN lorry

A goods vehicle and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the B1080 in Babergh at 10:35 on Thursday 17 July 2014. A 34-year-old male passenger in the MAN lorry was seriously injured and the 42-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 2014
Thursday, 10:35
Vehicles
2
Goods vehicle and MAN
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9874, longitude 1.15906, in the IP9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201437EA82122
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1080
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    6,871 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (MAN)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (MAN)

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 201437EA82122 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2014.