B1106 crash in West Suffolk on 15 August 2014 at 13:00 involving a Toyota
A car, a Toyota and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk at 13:00 on Friday 15 August 2014. The 35-year-old male driver of the Toyota, an 8-year-old male passenger in the Toyota and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Toyota were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2014
- Friday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.32312, longitude 0.68058, in the IP28 postcode district. 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
- 201437EA84247
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2015.
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 13 June 2015
6 m awayRef 201537EA91102
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 4 September 2005
9 m awayRef 200537B023475
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 17 November 2006
57 m awayRef 200637B026640
Serious
Van crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 7 July 1989
76 m awayRef 1989373127100
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 9 May 2015
131 m awayRef 201537EA90176
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 14 December 2012
147 m awayRef 2012370526612
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota)
- 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 201437EA84247 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.