A1304 crash in West Suffolk on 4 February 2016 at 10:05 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk at 10:05 on Thursday 4 February 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Audi A5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2016
- Thursday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Audi A5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.23837, longitude 0.39249, in the CB8 postcode district. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016370047313
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1304
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2001.
Slight
Hyundai Lantra crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 20 October 2001
19 m awayRef 200137B012209
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 7 December 2005
22 m awayRef 200537B023975
Slight
Renault Trucks Master crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 10 March 2015
25 m awayRef 201537EA88649
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 14 October 2004
31 m awayRef 200437B020629
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 27 March 2000
44 m awayRef 200037B007939
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A1304 in West Suffolk, 6 November 1997
44 m awayRef 199737B002121
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,222 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A5)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016370047313 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2016.