Serious A1088 crash in Mid Suffolk on 28 September 2018 at 13:10 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5, a Mini Clubman and a car were involved in a crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk at 13:10 on Friday 28 September 2018. The 42-year-old female driver of the Mini Clubman was seriously injured and the 43-year-old male driver of the BMW X5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Sep 2018
- Friday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW X5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25501, longitude 0.86618, in the IP31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Suffolk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018370336341
- 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
- 30 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2013.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 12 May 2013
3 m awayRef 201337EA71456
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 5 May 2023
5 m awayRef 2023371305692
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 2 March 2013
7 m awayRef 201337EA72660
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Mid Suffolk, 2 April 2023
10 m awayRef 2023371295386
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 28 November 1985
12 m awayRef 1985373208800
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1088 in Mid Suffolk, 5 July 1980
17 m awayRef 1980373112100
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Clubman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Clubman)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018370336341 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.