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A134 crash in Babergh on 2 January 2016 at 18:35 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the A134 in Babergh at 18:35 on Saturday 2 January 2016. The 45-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series and the 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 2016
Saturday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
BMW 1 Series and Citroen C1
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04035, longitude 0.75271, in the CO10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sudbury South East, Babergh, CO10 2YW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Babergh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201637EA96688
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
134
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
134

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
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)

    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 201637EA96688 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.