A1088 crash in Mid Suffolk on 18 September 2018 at 08:25 involving a Ford Grand C-Max
A Ford Grand C-Max and a DAF Trucks van were involved in a crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk at 08:25 on Tuesday 18 September 2018. The 55-year-old female driver of the Ford Grand C-Max and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Grand C-Max were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2018
- Tuesday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Grand C-Max and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.27659, longitude 0.85945, in the IP31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370333970
- Council area
- Mid Suffolk
- Police force
- Suffolk
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Suffolk
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1088
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 2017.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 24 June 2017
At the same spotRef 2017370200901
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 4 December 2017
At the same spotRef 2017370284757
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 8 December 2003
105 m awayRef 200337B018292
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 24 August 1980
110 m awayRef 1980373139600
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 18 April 1990
123 m awayRef 1990373068300
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 27 October 2003
124 m awayRef 200337B017900
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Grand C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Grand C-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Grand C-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018370333970 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.