B1080 crash in Babergh on 3 February 2018 at 13:25 involving a Mercedes GLC Class
A car and a Mercedes GLC Class were involved in a crash on the B1080 in Babergh at 13:25 on Saturday 3 February 2018. The 47-year-old male driver of the Mercedes GLC Class and a 44-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes GLC Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2018
- Saturday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes GLC Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98076, longitude 1.15825, in the IP9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Babergh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370269859
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1080
- 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
- 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, 96 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2002.
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on a C road in Babergh, 28 December 2002
96 m awayRef 200237G011958
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B1080 in Babergh, 12 March 1985
106 m awayRef 1985371041100
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1080 in Babergh, 1 July 1990
126 m awayRef 1990371096200
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1080 in Babergh, 18 May 1982
176 m awayRef 1982371080500
Slight
Car crash on the B1080 in Babergh, 20 October 1982
186 m awayRef 1982371173700
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B1080 in Babergh, 15 January 2015
201 m awayRef 201537EA87212
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Mercedes GLC Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes GLC Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes GLC Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2018370269859 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 2018.