Fatal A1092 crash in Babergh on 22 November 2017 at 05:43 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris crashed on the A1092 in Babergh at 05:43 on Wednesday 22 November 2017. A 23-year-old male passenger was killed and the 26-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 22 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 05:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 killed, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08646, longitude 0.71593, in the CO10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Melford.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017370242576
- 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
- 1092
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 1995.
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A1092 in Babergh, 25 July 1995
28 m awayRef 1995373503160
Slight
Van crash on the A1092 in Babergh, 17 December 1982
33 m awayRef 1982373234800
Slight
Car crash on the A1092 in Babergh, 16 August 1986
33 m awayRef 1986373137800
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A1092 in Babergh, 26 August 2004
40 m awayRef 200437B020238
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A1092 in Babergh, 7 November 1992
54 m awayRef 1992373500020
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A1092 in Babergh, 25 December 2011
55 m awayRef 2011370533711
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
FatalMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017370242576 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.