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A12 crash in Babergh on 13 September 2014 at 19:23 involving a Mazda 3

A Mazda 3 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A12 in Babergh at 19:23 on Saturday 13 September 2014. The 54-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3, a 21-year-old male passenger in the Mazda 3 and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 3 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Sep 2014
Saturday, 19:23
Vehicles
2
Mazda 3 and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.00362, longitude 1.05845, in the IP9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Capel St Mary, Babergh, IP9 2JR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201437EA83743
Council area
Babergh
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)

    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 201437EA83743 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.