Unclassified road crash in East Suffolk NR34 on 22 December 2016 at 13:35 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford S-Max were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk at 13:35 on Thursday 22 December 2016. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford S-Max was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.45942, longitude 1.56741, in the NR34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beccles. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beccles & Worlingham, East Suffolk, NR34 9TH area accident hotspot. 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
- 2016370144718
- Council area
- East Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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 19 November 2021.
Slight
Audi A6 crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk, 19 November 2021
37 m awayRef 2021371142711
Serious
Vauxhall Mokka crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk, 15 August 2016
39 m awayRef 2016370096679
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk, 7 October 1983
86 m awayRef 1983372107200
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 10 December 2011
95 m awayRef 2011370503111
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A145 in East Suffolk, 18 September 2009
95 m awayRef 200937L017342
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk, 17 June 2022
100 m awayRef 2022371196101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016370144718 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.