Unclassified road crash in Babergh CO10 on 5 March 2018 at 14:05 involving a Ford Focus
A car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Babergh at 14:05 on Monday 5 March 2018. An 84-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2018
- Monday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08074, longitude 0.74326, in the CO10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370275014
- Council area
- Babergh
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 2005.
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Land Rover 110 crash on a C road in Babergh, 21 December 2005
12 m awayRef 200537B024112
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Motorcycle crash on a C road in Babergh, 24 May 2008
21 m awayRef 200837B030915
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on a C road in Babergh, 22 December 2001
60 m awayRef 200137B012710
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on a C road in Babergh, 27 February 2010
70 m awayRef 201037B044442
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Babergh, 3 April 2001
70 m awayRef 200137B010627
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on an unclassified road in Babergh, 19 September 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018370275014 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.