A1189 crash in Ipswich on 27 May 2015 at 20:19 involving an Audi TT
A car and an Audi TT were involved in a crash on the A1189 in Ipswich at 20:19 on Wednesday 27 May 2015. A 38-year-old female passenger in the Audi TT, the 39-year-old female driver of the Audi TT and the 28-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2015
- Wednesday, 20:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi TT
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06096, longitude 1.199, in the IP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bixley, Ipswich, IP4 4BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201537EA90698
- 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
- 1189
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 2018.
Serious
Smart Fortwo crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 28 December 2018
4 m awayRef 2018370811904
Slight
Honda MBX125FE crash on the A1214 in Ipswich, 22 November 1994
4 m awayRef 1994371612960
Slight
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 16 November 2000
4 m awayRef 200037G007263
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A1214 in Ipswich, 24 November 1994
4 m awayRef 1994371612630
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 13 April 2006
6 m awayRef 200637G019843
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A1189 in Ipswich, 30 December 2019
6 m awayRef 2019370936807
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi TT)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi TT)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 201537EA90698 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.