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Serious A14 crash in Mid Suffolk on 24 May 2018 at 20:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the A14 in Mid Suffolk at 20:00 on Thursday 24 May 2018. The 24-year-old female driver of the Audi A5 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 2018
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Audi A5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10157, longitude 1.11263, in the IP6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Claydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Claydon & Barham, Mid Suffolk, IP6 0AW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018370301786
Council area
Mid Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Suffolk

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
14
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A5)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2018370301786 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Suffolk road accident statistics for 2018.