A1156 crash in Ipswich on 17 December 2014 at 06:29 involving a Kia Sedona
A lorry and a Kia Sedona were involved in a crash on the A1156 in Ipswich at 06:29 on Wednesday 17 December 2014. The 39-year-old male driver of the Kia Sedona and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Kia Sedona were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 06:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Kia Sedona
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06533, longitude 1.14003, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westgate, Ipswich, IP1 2NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201437EA86341
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1156
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 1214
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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 8 January 2017.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 8 January 2017
2 m awayRef 2017370148837
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 6 October 2019
3 m awayRef 2019370890807
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A1214 in Ipswich, 18 December 2003
4 m awayRef 200337G014122
Slight
Car crash on the A1156 in Ipswich, 12 December 2007
4 m awayRef 200737G023904
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Ipswich, 9 November 1984
4 m awayRef 1984371182100
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Ipswich, 16 February 1980
4 m awayRef 1980371027500
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Sedona
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sedona)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sedona)
- 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 201437EA86341 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2014.