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A14 crash in West Suffolk on 20 October 2014 at 12:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Smart Fortwo were involved in a crash on the A14 in West Suffolk at 12:20 on Monday 20 October 2014. The 42-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 66-year-old male driver of the Smart Fortwo and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Oct 2014
Monday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Smart Fortwo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23854, longitude 0.73352, in the IP33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbeygate, West Suffolk, IP33 2BH area accident hotspot. 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
201437EA84719
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
14
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
134

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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Smart Fortwo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    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 201437EA84719 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.