Fatal B1106 crash in West Suffolk on 24 November 2017 at 00:01 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic crashed on the B1106 in West Suffolk at 00:01 on Friday 24 November 2017. The 21-year-old female driver was killed.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 24 Nov 2017
- Friday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.41451, longitude 0.64195, in the IP27 postcode district. The location was in the former Forest Heath district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017370243076
- Council area
- West Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1106
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 5 January 2011
23 m awayRef 2011370003011
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 10 November 2009
86 m awayRef 200937B043584
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 9 April 2013
88 m awayRef 201337EA70782
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 25 July 2005
90 m awayRef 200537B022903
Slight
Car crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 24 June 2014
169 m awayRef 201437EA81372
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B1106 in West Suffolk, 15 November 2014
181 m awayRef 201437EA85328
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
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 2017370243076 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 2017.