Unclassified road crash in Ipswich IP3 on 24 December 2017 at 06:45 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich at 06:45 on Sunday 24 December 2017. The 25-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Cooper and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03752, longitude 1.18886, in the IP3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Priory Heath, Ipswich, IP3 9HE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017370258552
- Council area
- Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 7 October 2016.
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Ipswich, 7 October 2016
1 m awayRef 2016370117163
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in Ipswich, 9 February 1992
3 m awayRef 1992371612200
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Ipswich, 19 November 1985
3 m awayRef 1985371201100
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Ipswich, 9 November 1981
3 m awayRef 1981371188200
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on a C road in Ipswich, 8 April 1999
3 m awayRef 199937G004186
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Ipswich, 17 November 1981
3 m awayRef 1981371194500
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 2017370258552 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ipswich road accident statistics for 2017.