A137 crash in Babergh on 7 June 2017 at 16:20 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza, a Nissan Almera and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the A137 in Babergh at 16:20 on Wednesday 7 June 2017. The 23-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jun 2017
- Wednesday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Ibiza and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96453, longitude 1.06312, 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
- 2017370196214
- 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
- 60 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
- Daylight
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 December 2018.
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1000 crash on the A137 in Babergh, 29 December 2018
At the same spotRef 2018370353092
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A137 in Babergh, 4 December 2006
2 m awayRef 200637G021367
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A137 in Babergh, 7 February 2012
22 m awayRef 2012370050512
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A137 in Babergh, 28 November 2016
25 m awayRef 2016370140011
Slight
Iveco crash on the A137 in Babergh, 8 December 2006
62 m awayRef 200637G021325
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A137 in Babergh, 30 July 2013
63 m awayRef 201337EA73142
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- 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 2017370196214 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 2017.