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B1075 crash in Ipswich on 20 January 2018 at 16:02 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Hyundai Getz were involved in a crash on the B1075 in Ipswich at 16:02 on Saturday 20 January 2018. The 55-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Getz and a 58-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Getz were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 2018
Saturday, 16:02
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Hyundai Getz
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05096, longitude 1.15328, in the IP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ipswich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alexandra, Ipswich, IP4 1DX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ipswich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018370266549
Council area
Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1075
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Getz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Getz)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Getz)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018370266549 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 2018.