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Unclassified road crash in West Suffolk IP31 on 10 May 2018 at 14:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Suffolk at 14:45 on Thursday 10 May 2018. The 74-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 2018
Thursday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30101, longitude 0.77157, in the IP31 postcode district. The location was in the former St Edmundsbury district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018370297798
Council area
West 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
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
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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go 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
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018370297798 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Suffolk road accident statistics for 2018.