B1375 crash in East Suffolk on 12 December 2014 at 16:50 involving a Mercedes A Class
A van and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B1375 in East Suffolk at 16:50 on Friday 12 December 2014. The 44-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2014
- Friday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51723, longitude 1.72396, in the NR32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lothingland, East Suffolk, NR32 5NJ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Waveney district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201437EA86262
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1375
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 12
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1117 in East Suffolk, 29 September 2004
1 m awayRef 200437L010718
Serious
Car crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 18 May 1986
1 m awayRef 1986372050000
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1117 in East Suffolk, 6 December 1995
1 m awayRef 1995372104980
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the B1375 in East Suffolk, 6 December 2005
9 m awayRef 200537L012311
Slight
Toyota Camry crash on the B1375 in East Suffolk, 13 June 2007
9 m awayRef 200737L014377
Slight
Honda VFR400R crash on the A12 in East Suffolk, 10 February 2005
9 m awayRef 200537L011173
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
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 201437EA86262 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2014.