A1214 crash in Ipswich on 15 March 2015 at 19:02 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1214 in Ipswich at 19:02 on Sunday 15 March 2015. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 2015
- Sunday, 19:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07116, longitude 1.15202, in the IP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Margaret's, Ipswich, IP1 3SS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201537EA88838
- 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
- 1214
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 1982.
Slight
Van crash on the A12 in Ipswich, 6 January 1982
1 m awayRef 1982371001800
Serious
Car crash on the A12 in Ipswich, 19 March 1982
1 m awayRef 1982371047200
Slight
Lorry crash on the A12 in Ipswich, 31 July 1981
1 m awayRef 1981371125000
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Ipswich, 31 August 1981
1 m awayRef 1981371142200
Serious
Car crash on the A12 in Ipswich, 15 March 1981
1 m awayRef 1981371042200
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A1214 in Ipswich, 26 March 2003
1 m awayRef 200337G012551
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 201537EA88838 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 2015.