A145 crash in East Suffolk on 16 December 2016 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A145 in East Suffolk at 18:15 on Friday 16 December 2016. The 28-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2016
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.44393, longitude 1.56131, in the NR34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beccles. 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
- 2016370143340
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Other
- 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, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2006.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 9 November 2006
37 m awayRef 200637L013594
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 16 November 1987
46 m awayRef 1987372130600
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 19 July 1985
76 m awayRef 1985372073100
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 18 October 1987
101 m awayRef 1987372118600
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 11 October 2001
114 m awayRef 200137L006231
Slight
Car crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 19 September 1995
154 m awayRef 1995372204810
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2016370143340 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 2016.