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Unclassified road crash in East Suffolk NR33 on 12 December 2017 at 09:20 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Suffolk at 09:20 on Tuesday 12 December 2017. A 46-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 307 and the 42-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2017
Tuesday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Peugeot 307
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46664, longitude 1.7438, in the NR33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lowestoft. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkley & Pakefield, East Suffolk, NR33 0RZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Waveney district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017370253337
Council area
East Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)

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 2017370253337 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Suffolk road accident statistics for 2017.