A11 crash in West Suffolk on 30 December 2016 at 19:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A11 in West Suffolk at 19:25 on Friday 30 December 2016. The 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2016
- Friday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3314, longitude 0.52531, in the IP28 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manor, West Suffolk, IP28 6BL area accident hotspot. 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
- 2016370146599
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 2015.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 9 April 2015
At the same spotRef 201537EA89460
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 29 March 2016
At the same spotRef 2016370060572
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 22 April 2017
At the same spotRef 2017370180255
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 4 May 2017
At the same spotRef 2017370184513
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 13 April 2017
17 m awayRef 2017370176605
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A11 in West Suffolk, 15 July 2024
26 m awayRef 2024371474771
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2016370146599 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.