A1308 crash in Mid Suffolk on 3 December 2014 at 16:15 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Peugeot 308 were involved in a crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk at 16:15 on Wednesday 3 December 2014. The 50-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and the 45-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 308 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Peugeot 308
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18691, longitude 0.99934, in the IP14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stowmarket. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter's, Mid Suffolk, IP14 1AF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201437EA86202
- Council area
- Mid Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2013.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk, 5 March 2013
2 m awayRef 201337EA69960
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk, 7 March 2012
4 m awayRef 2012370094212
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk, 21 March 2006
4 m awayRef 200637B024788
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk, 3 September 2010
4 m awayRef 201037B045729
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk, 30 December 2009
4 m awayRef 200937B044003
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1308 in Mid Suffolk, 30 June 2002
6 m awayRef 200237B014081
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
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 201437EA86202 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2014.