B1074 crash in East Suffolk on 26 February 2015 at 05:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B1074 in East Suffolk at 05:45 on Thursday 26 February 2015. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2015
- Thursday, 05:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51148, longitude 1.69463, in the NR32 postcode district. The location was in the former Waveney district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201537EA88367
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1074
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the B1074 in East Suffolk, 24 September 2024
13 m awayRef 2024371495638
Slight
Car crash on the B1074 in East Suffolk, 24 August 1982
14 m awayRef 1982372091900
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B1074 in East Suffolk, 28 April 1993
15 m awayRef 1993372101570
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1074 in East Suffolk, 30 July 1984
23 m awayRef 1984372079600
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B1074 in East Suffolk, 22 June 2009
23 m awayRef 200937L017053
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the B1074 in East Suffolk, 16 August 2007
31 m awayRef 200737L014621
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201537EA88367 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 2015.