A137 crash in Babergh on 28 November 2016 at 17:40 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1, a car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A137 in Babergh at 17:40 on Monday 28 November 2016. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Audi A1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2016
- Monday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A1 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96424, longitude 1.06306, in the CO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brantham.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016370140011
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 137
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2012.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A137 in Babergh, 7 February 2012
6 m awayRef 2012370050512
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A137 in Babergh, 4 December 2006
25 m awayRef 200637G021367
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A137 in Babergh, 7 June 2017
25 m awayRef 2017370196214
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1000 crash on the A137 in Babergh, 29 December 2018
25 m awayRef 2018370353092
Slight
Iveco crash on the A137 in Babergh, 8 December 2006
36 m awayRef 200637G021325
Slight
Ford crash on the A137 in Babergh, 9 December 1991
56 m awayRef 1991371668900
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016370140011 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Babergh road accident statistics for 2016.